Did you know that you can study Korean using Korean TV shows? Watch the video here to find out how!
How to Learn Korean with K-Drama
What you’ll need:
- A notepad and a pen (that's it!)
What you’ll need to do:
- Write down every word that you hear, but that you don’t understand – yes, every word.
Notice:
Don’t worry if you’re misspelling words. As your listening improves over time, you will be able to write down the words more accurately.
What to do with the word list:
- After watching an episode, you will probably have a very long vocabulary list, full of words that you didn’t understand.
- Now use a dictionary and look up each of the words. If you can’t find the word in the dictionary, then skip it. If you find the word, but it has a difficult or strange meaning, then also skip it.
- Then, study the remaining words that you found with definitions. This might only be 10% of your original list or less, but this is fine.
- Finally, repeat this method again with a new list.
Why this works:
Koreans will often use the same vocabulary words over and over again when speaking, and this includes television shows. Although you might not understand many of the words at first, after making many lists in this way, and studying the words you’ve found, your lists will get shorter and shorter.
Most importantly:
Practice the words that you’re learning as much as possible. You will be able to remember these words and phrases much more easily if you can use them in any way.
-Billy
