~어/아/여서 VS ~(으)니까 – Differences and important rules
These two – ~어/아/여서 and ~(으)…
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Tips, advice and experience when learning Korean. Also, other random happenings related to Korean.
How to practice Korean listening: Tips and guide for Korean podcasts on Podbbang 팟빵
I’m not sure about you but personally, reading and writing are a lot easier than listening and speaking. That’s because reading and writing can be done with virtually almost any resource. Webtoons, Naver Blogs, news articles, children books, textbooks, PDFs, even social…
Simple guide to Naver blogs: How is it good and what to read?
Previously, we looked at how reading Naver Webtoons is a fun yet enriching way to study and learn Korean, particularly for intermediate to advanced learners. The content of Naver blogs is pretty close to Naver Webtoons in the sense that both are…
Why reading Naver Webtoons to study Korean is awesome & how to download episodes to smartphone/tablet
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes) Whi…
Some thoughts after taking an italki lesson
(Estimated reading time: 4 minutes) Finally had time to write this blog post about my first italki lesson and experience! It was a lot better than expected, probably because the community tutor was awesome. Anyway, this is not exactly a…
What I’ve been studying update #1 | Korean Studying Resources (Jan 2017)
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes) I just thought, since this is a Korean study blog, it would only make sense to share other resources that I’m using as well. First off… I’m not the typical Korean learner (or at least…
Studying Korean in a school VS self-study
(Estimated reading time: 4.5 minutes) It’s been a looooong time since I’ve written about something that is not a Grammar or Vocabulary entry. So I just thought of writing this short piece about comparing studying Korean in a school and…
Happy 2017 and some updates
Happy 2017! 새해 복 많이 많이 받아요 여러분~
3 tips to stop procrastinating to learn and study Korean more effectively
(Estimated reading time: 4.5 minutes) So you’ve started learning and studying Korean. But you can’t seem to focus and you forget a lot of important grammar (sometimes even easy ones) so quickly that it’s frustrating and counterproductive. When that happens,…
How to change your mindset to learn Korean more effectively
(Estimated reading time: 4.5 minutes) Have you ever wondered why some people learn faster than others? Most of us would think (at least initially) that people who learn faster seem to have some sort of talent that enables them to…
