1, make the whole body familiar with Korean (Wu? Professional lecturer of Baekje Korean Language Center)

It can be said that it is easy for China to learn Korean. The first is vocabulary. 60% of the words in Korean are "Chinese words", which are similar to Chinese pronunciation, but written in Korean, and 20% of the words are derived from English, mainly from the new civilization after the industrial revolution. Therefore, students in China have no trouble memorizing words when learning Korean. Secondly, the writing method of Korean, which has only 24 letters, is very simple for domestic students to combine words in different ways.

If you want to learn Korean well, you should first pay attention to mastering the rhythm of the language. Pronunciation and rhythm must be accurate, or you will know that no amount of grammar and vocabulary will help-you can't communicate with others. Korean has no intonation, so the rhythm of language is particularly important when expressing and understanding. My suggestion is to turn on the tape recorder at ordinary times, listen repeatedly when reading, eating and doing housework, and be familiar with the rhythm of Korean. "Intensive listening" and "extensive listening" may be related. In my opinion, most people learn Korean for daily communication, but who will give you the opportunity to do "intensive listening" in daily life? Therefore, we should not only make ourselves understand Korean when we concentrate, but also "make the whole body familiar with Korean" and master the rhythm of Korean.

In addition, the Korean education market in China is still immature, and some textbooks may not be suitable for students in China. For example, in some Korean textbooks, many usages are Korean, not authentic Korean. Although they belong to the same language, there are differences in dialects, just like learning Shanghai dialect to find a teacher in Beijing. Therefore, if you want to learn Korean, you'd better use the original Korean textbooks and find a Korean teacher, so that you can be "authentic" when learning.

2. The difficulty of decentralization (Zhang cited? President of Jin Dong Korean Language Training School)

It can be said that Korean is the "most scientific writing" and a language that can speak and write. Its pronunciation and grammatical system are very regular. As long as you master this rule when you get started, it can be said that the more you learn, the easier it is. If you want to learn Korean well, I suggest that you study it in three stages and spread out the difficulties.

The first stage: learning pronunciation. Beginners should focus on cultivating interest, so what they should do at this stage is to learn common phrases, such as family, fruit, time, numbers and other basic expressions, and master basic practical conversations. After a year's study, beginners can master the pronunciation of standard Korean and enter a "semi-self-study" state.

The second stage: learning grammar. On the basis of mastering pronunciation, you can start to learn basic grammar, practice common sentence patterns repeatedly, master dialogues that can meet the basic requirements, and start purposeful communication.

The third stage: practical application. This stage can be said to be an advanced stage of learning Korean, cultivating one's real-life dialogue ability and improving the practical application ability of Korean.

★ The main problems of Korean beginners focus on the following six aspects ★

1, a self-learner, is prone to be puzzled by dumb Korean, timid pronunciation, bought a lot of learning materials, and always lingered at the introductory level, killing learning enthusiasm. In fact, any textbook has the characteristics of arrangement. You should bite the book and drill down. Don't always learn the first book, and then broaden the breadth with depth. Second, we should listen to more phonetic materials and imitate more exercises. Practice makes perfect. The third is to talk to the Korean circle. The pronunciation habits of Korean are quite different from those of Chinese and English. Self-learners are often hindered by pronunciation at the first step. It is no exaggeration to say that Korean is one of the most difficult languages to learn by yourself in the world, and it is not alarmist. Friends who have taught themselves will know. Therefore, it is much more effective to persuade smart self-learners to get started under the guidance of teachers than to learn behind closed doors.

2. At present, studying in Korea requires kpt4 to study for undergraduate and graduate students. Generally speaking, amateur learners have to study for one and a half to two years at the earliest, that is, they will upgrade to a higher level every six months. Each level generally requires you to master the increment of 1000 words, and the third level is 3000 words. Generally speaking, we usually learn English from primary school until senior two, so you have a basic amount. You know, in any country's language, 2000 vocabulary is the level of open communication. You should be prepared for this at least two years in advance. It should be emphasized that examination is a means of investigation, not an end. Some students who have gone abroad have passed CET-4 in KPT, but they are not strong enough to know the hard work of studying in Korea.

3. If you want to find a friend who works in a Korean company, you should still take the 3 rd level of 3,000 words as the criterion, be able to speak, dare to make sentences, and then communicate. Professional Korean advanced translation is not the goal of ordinary amateurs. With the foundation, you can also collect more professional vocabulary. It is most effective to be cautious and improve in practice.

Friends who want to study abroad may wish to lay a good foundation of Korean in China, which will help them to live, study and find a job there, not to mention the time and cost saved by learning a language in Korea. It is certainly a good thing to have the opportunity to learn a language in a native-speaking country, but don't make the mistake of sticking to grammar and language majors. Remember, language is used for communication, and only when you learn it can you use it flexibly.

5, the cost of learning, 1 to 2 years, dozens of Korean materials, 5000- 10000 yuan investment is generally necessary, if "learn a foreign language 1 yuan to buy 1 words, 10 yuan sentence" is common.

6. Is it better to teach a foreign teacher or a Chinese teacher? To be precise, it is "the combination of China and South Korea, and phased teaching is the best". The Korean teacher speaks very vividly, which is very helpful to understand Korean flavor, but the grammar involved in China People is mostly separated by a layer. Korean teachers can correct your original pronunciation and overcome the first hurdle of opening your mouth with Koreans. Chinese teaching can tell you your learning experience, reduce your bitter experience and exploration, and explain grammar clearly. It can be understood that primary pronunciation is suitable for both Chinese and foreign countries, intermediate grammar teaching is good, and advanced conversational Korean teaching is wonderful!

Finally, I want to emphasize that "persistence is the key to learning Korean well". Language learning is a process from quantitative change to qualitative change, and rushing for success often leads to nothing. First, listen to tapes for 20-30 minutes every day; Second, boldly imitate the opening, every day 10 minutes, remember two sentences, and tell people the next day; Third, the accumulation of vocabulary, 5 to 10 words a day, review the old and learn new; Fourth, the purpose of learning grammar is to make sentences flexibly and enter the practice of keeping a diary and writing short sentences in ten sentences; 5. Get in touch with Korean songs and TV dramas, learn more about Korean culture and political and economic news, and prepare this dictionary to look up at any time; 6. You must practice in the Korean communication circle to consolidate the language. Say it and you win, and that's your goal.

★ Answer the question ★

1. At present, "Korean Wave" has won, and a number of Korean learning books have been bred in the market, which can be roughly divided into three categories:

① Standard Korean, as you said, is suitable for full-time teachers. The disadvantage is that the dialogue scene is China, and the grammar is not concentrated and detailed;

(2) According to self-study or amateur study. More popular is the introduction to Korean, which is highly concentrated and highlights the grammatical structure. The real disadvantage is that the written language is outdated and there are some mistakes in the book.

(3) "Fast-food" books, such as "Learn Oral Korean with Me 100 Sentences", emphasize communication and are not systematic.

At present, there is no best textbook suitable for Chinese people to study comprehensively in their spare time. You can recommend two books suitable for beginners in daily conversation as reference, both of which are based on the original Korean books:

A. Use Self-taught Korean published by the same publishing house as Introduction to Korean in the basic stage, and fully consider the difficulties and doubts that self-learners may encounter in the course setting and practice arrangement.

B. The conversation part of Practical Elementary Korean published by Beijing Language and Culture University Press covers all aspects of Korean daily life. The language is short, vivid and practical. In addition, 1000 common sentences are used to explain the suffixes and common formats in Korean.

Both books are equipped with tapes, which are suitable for primary self-study.

A good Korean tool dictionary is Selected Korean-Chinese-Korean Dictionaries published by the Commercial Press, 35 yuan, which is suitable for beginners.

3. With regard to Korean textbooks, we can generally choose & lt( 1-6) or < < standard Korean > published by Peking University; & gt But the former is generally not available in the market, so I suggest you choose the set of textbooks published by Peking University, which is relatively easy to buy in the market.

? 4. "Tone sandhi" in Korean.

Tone sandhi in Korean is really difficult to master. Although Korean is phonetic, in principle, it can be pronounced according to letters, but after hundreds of years of development and changes, there have been many phenomena that writing is different from actual pronunciation. However, there is a general principle of phonetic change, that is, no matter how it is changed, the purpose is to be able to pronounce it more conveniently.

The rules of tone sandhi are complicated, and rote memorization alone will not have much effect. Your idea is very good, that is, to master every tone sandhi rule slowly in your study and practice, so that the memory burden is less and the actual effect will be better. At the beginning, it is generally enough to master the "link rules" and other frequently encountered ones.

Learning a foreign language at the initial stage does not advocate relying entirely on self-study, because without any foundation, it is often easy to "go astray" and get twice the result with half the effort. As you said, the problem with textbooks is that beginners can't tell the difference between good and bad textbooks, which can be said to be a waste of money. The current Korean textbooks can be said to be mixed. Good textbooks are hard to buy, and what bookstores can buy is mostly unscientific. Please refer to the questions about teaching materials.

In your case, I think it's best to attend a special remedial class. In that case, tutorial schools will generally choose better teaching materials, and experienced teachers will also give targeted guidance on the general situation of beginners. It is a scientific method to learn by yourself after having a certain foundation.

As a language, it is very difficult for Korean to learn by itself without teachers and surroundings for two reasons:

First of all, the pronunciation skills of Koreans are quite different from those of China. Some Korean pronunciation habits and tongue-spitting parts are not completely consistent with China Pinyin and International Phonetic Alphabet. Our students find the sense of pronunciation after repeated corrections by teachers, so it is necessary for you to imitate it more carefully;

Secondly, the grammatical structure is very different from Chinese, especially its cohesive part, which is used properly by different people in different occasions. This is the context of emphasis;

These two points are very difficult for self-learners. But what can be done to overcome it?

About pronunciation, there are two good textbooks for self-study, one is Mastering Korean Pronunciation and tapes, and the other is 20 yuan Korean Pronunciation VCD edited by Li, Shanghai Foreign Languages Audio-visual Publishing House. The advantage is that it lays a foundation for beginners to pronounce Korean, but the disadvantage is that Li's pronunciation is Korean and the female teacher is Seoul, South Korea. Pay attention to differences and comparisons. For the cultivation of grammar and context, the current "Korean Wave" is prevalent. Just buy two Korean dramas in Chinese and Korean and stare at them repeatedly. As for grammar, it is more suitable for self-learners than Park Bom Midea's Introduction to Korean, but the disadvantages are Korean pronunciation tapes and written language, and there are also mistakes in the book.