Good evening wonderful people,
Just looking for a way to improve my Korean skills, both to connect with my culture and for more professional reasons. I am a 31 year-old 교포 living in Australia, I left Korea a few days after my 돌잔치, so picture a proper banana. My dad never bothered with anything Korean so I’m only really conversational (in a very basic and heavily accented sense) and self taught in 한글, I can read slowly but I can’t really spell given that I have no formal education. I do often visit Korea but I’m pretty much a tourist.
I’ve been a bit slack over the years (can’t just blame dad) and I’ve never really had Korean friends not being in the specific med-school christian cliques (no shade on them) and I’ve now moved to a city with a much smaller K-population.
I’m looking for a way to learn Korean in my spare time but I think duolingo and rosetta might be a bit too basic, and not exactly what I’m looking for. I’m leaning towards italki at the moment but open to any ideas. Would really like something structured and interactive. My conversational skills are rudimentary and I really struggle understanding technical, academic or formal language. I especially struggle to understand whats being said in news broadcasts. I may need to buff up my Korean skills for work-related purposes. I’ve been watching heaps of Korean shows and listening to more kpop but that probably isn’t enough for what I need.
Has anyone used italki or been going through something similar, or have any recommended resources? Any advice or guidance that anyone has would be greatly appreciated. Also keen to hear from any fellow 교포 s who want to connect and go on this journey together 🙂
Cheers.
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