One? For China people, learning Korean is actually very easy. Many people who learn Korean say that Korean is much easier than English. In fact, China and Japanese are the fastest and best foreigners to learn Korean. There are two reasons: First, there are 70% Chinese characters in Korean words, so memorizing words and listening will be easy for us in China. Chinese characters in Korean imitate the pronunciation of ancient Chinese in China. These sounds are always similar to those in modern Chinese, and it is easier to guess after being familiar with the rules. Speaking Korean often seems to be talking to our ancestors. For example, we have learned the Korean language of "Korea". What is that? The Korean word for "middle" is "?" Then you can guess "?" It means "China".
Many beginners have asked whether there is a corresponding law between the pronunciation of Chinese characters in Korean and that in modern Chinese. In other words, does a certain sound in Chinese necessarily correspond to a certain sound in Korean? This rule exists, but it is not easy to remember and there is no need to recite it. As long as we pay attention to the corresponding Chinese characters when memorizing words, we can almost master the rules by memorizing dozens of Chinese characters. If you have memorized hundreds of Chinese characters, when you hear Chinese characters you haven't learned, you can associate them with what you have learned, and then you can usually guess them from the context. Even if there are words you haven't learned in what Koreans say, if they are Chinese characters, you can easily understand them. When speaking Korean, many people will make up a Chinese word that they have never learned according to the Chinese words they have memorized, which is often correct. For example, like the above situation, if you already know the Korean word for "Korea" is "?" The Korean word for "middle" is "?" Then you can try saying "?" Even if you haven't learned the word "China". As a result, many times we guessed right.
Besides Chinese characters, there are many English words in Korean, accounting for more than 10% of Korean vocabulary, and the pronunciation of these words is very similar to English. There are also some corresponding rules on how to pronounce a certain sound in English in Korean, which can be mastered quickly in the learning process without special memory rules.
Young people in Korea use more English words than old people. The more serious and formal the document, the more Chinese words are used, the more Chinese words and English words are used in the company's document report, and the more Korean words are used in daily conversations. Because if China people learn Korean well, many Koreans will say that your Korean is better than theirs, because they think that using some Chinese words gives people a very learned feeling, and we are familiar with using Chinese words in Korean.
The second reason why Koreans learn Korean well is that China and China have extremely similar cultures and values, and people's ways of thinking are also very similar. Everyone knows that learning advanced foreign languages means learning the culture of this country. South Korea is deeply influenced by China culture, especially Confucian culture, so it is easy for China people to understand and feel very cordial when they come into contact with South Korea. At the same time, South Korea was influenced by many western cultures in modern times. Coupled with its humanistic national characteristics, Korean culture makes us feel both familiar and novel in China.
Two? Learn to understand the characteristics of Korean, in order to better master Korean. Korean is a phonetic symbol, and reading and writing are exactly the same. Every word in Korean is composed of consonants+vowels or consonants+vowels+radio stations. Consonants and vowels are like initials and finals in Chinese Pinyin. To learn Korean, you only need to recite 40 letters, and you can write a word when you hear its pronunciation. Even if you see a word you haven't learned, you can pronounce it accurately, unlike English, where you need to remember spelling and pronunciation at the same time. Korean was invented by King Sejong of the Li Dynasty in the15th century. Before that, Koreans have been using Chinese characters. The original intention of "King Sejong" was to invent a simple word to reduce the illiteracy rate in Korea. Therefore, as a "literacy script", Korean can be written as long as it can speak, and it is much easier to learn than other languages.
The tense changes in Korean are relatively simple. Compared with English, Korean also has tenses, but the tenses of all verbs and adjectives follow the same rules, and there is no need to remember the past tense and other tenses of each word.
The difference between honorifics and non-honorifics in Korean. Koreans say honorific words to people they want to respect, but don't say honorific words to people of their peers. This may be the biggest difficulty in elementary Korean learning, but after intermediate level, they can master the use of honorifics freely. Poor use of honorifics will not affect the expression of meaning. If you don't have a good grasp of honorifics, you can fully explain it when talking to Koreans. Koreans generally don't care about foreigners, so you don't have to be afraid to speak because you don't use honorifics well.
Korean belongs to Altaic language family, which is similar to Japanese. If you have studied Japanese, learning Korean will be much easier. The grammar and language sense of these two languages are very similar. The biggest feature is that the structure of subject+verb+object in Chinese will become subject+object+verb in Korean, which may be somewhat unsuitable for beginners. In addition, there are many conjunctions in Korean that have no independent meaning. Mastering the usage of these words is the key to learn elementary and intermediate Korean well.
Three? Who said that zero foundation can't conquer Korean? The wind and cloud in the world are out of my generation. Learn Korean with a smile, Ren Woxing. Many students feel that they have a poor foundation or no foundation, and I don't know if they can learn it. In fact, don't worry about your poor foundation, because foundation is a concept that can be changed through hard work. As a beginner, the foundation is definitely weak, which is only a stage of the development of objective things. Therefore, students should not always struggle and wait. Only by working hard can they know whether they can do it or not, and don't always set limits for themselves. You are the best boy. To be the best child, we should also pay attention to strategy and tactics. First of all, you should learn from the master to avoid falling into the pit. Isn't it delicious to master Korean quickly?
I know a good Korean teacher who has free Korean video lessons every day. The teacher's speech was particularly interesting and easy to understand, giving people a sobering feeling. Many students with zero foundation feel that they have benefited a lot. If you just start learning Korean, or feel that you can't play Korean very well, you can listen to the teacher's class. The speed of learning Korean bicycles will become the speed of high-speed rail. Students who want to listen can enter? The teacher's name is Xin * (homophonic): Is the first group in front and Kaka in the second group behind? Just combine the above two groups of pictures in order. Remarks: Ming Dow.
Good things are experienced, and smart people know how to absorb the essence of others and strengthen their brain cells.
Excellence is always trying, trying and trying again. Are there any young people grinding their feet?
Four? The hardest part is actually in the beginning If you break through the elementary level of Korean, you will experience rapid progress in learning. The most difficult stage of learning Korean is the primary stage, because the primary stage is to learn the sentence structure of Korean and all the tense changes and honorifics, which is exactly the biggest difference from Chinese. Just knowing a new language family, many people will feel uncomfortable. After learning these contents, the intermediate level is mainly to learn the use of some sentence patterns and expand the vocabulary, but it is much easier. Because Korean words are easy to remember, many people feel that they are advancing by leaps and bounds at the intermediate level. Therefore, the most important thing to learn Korean is not to be intimidated by the difficulties in getting started. In fact, all the difficulties have been tasted after you have finished learning elementary Korean. It's really a pity to stop at this time.
Five? Ten standard iron laws to conquer Korean make you a hero. 1, you can't stop learning Korean for one day. If you really have no time, even if you squeeze out 10 minutes every day; Morning is a good time to learn Korean.
If you are tired of learning, don't be too reluctant, but don't give up learning. At this time, you can change your learning style; For example, put the book aside and listen to the radio, or temporarily put down the textbook and turn to the dictionary.
Never learn by rote out of context.
You should always write down and remember those "sentence sets" that are used the most on weekdays.
5. Try to' teleport' what you come into contact with, such as advertisements that flash by and words that you hear occasionally, which is also a way of rest.
6. Only what has been modified by the teacher is worth remembering. Don't look at the exercises that have been done and haven't been revised repeatedly by others. If you watch too much, you will unconsciously keep them in your mind together with the wrong things. If you are purely self-taught and have no help from others, then you should remember what must be correct.
7. When copying and memorizing sentences and idioms, use singular first person.
8. Koreans are like a bunker. We must besiege from all directions at the same time: reading newspapers, listening to the radio, watching original movies, listening to Korean lectures, studying textbooks, communicating with Korean friends, going back and forth, chatting and so on.
9. Dare to speak, don't be afraid to make mistakes, and ask others to correct me. Above all, when others do correct your mistakes, don't be embarrassed or discouraged.
10, I firmly believe that I can achieve my goal, I firmly believe that I have strong perseverance and extraordinary talent in language.
Six? How to break through the bottleneck of Korean learning and learn Korean easily? Korean is hard to say, because it is different from our mother tongue, and we are not in the context of foreign language communication, and even our way of thinking is very different. But it's also easy. Because language reflects some concepts and connections, it is a means of extensive communication. Those difficult sentences are doomed to be eliminated, leaving only the essence (easy to communicate). Therefore, there are many effective ways to learn a foreign language:
(1) sense of wholeness.
Grasp the roots, words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, even full texts and books from a meaning group structure.
Practice: practice circular calligraphy and write one word at a time. Deliberately divide the sentence structure and find out where to breathe, pause and read continuously.
Read more and recite more essays. Try to enlarge your eyes, that is, look at the words more, which is also a training to improve your speed.
Copy more and write more. Grasp idioms, phrases, or copy them according to meaning groups.
It is best to recite words in sentences. But if you can read a lot and get familiar with everything, there is no need to recite it.
(2) Communication and application oriented.
The purpose of most of us learning a foreign language is not to become writers, but to communicate and apply. So it is unnecessary to overemphasize grammar and rhetoric. Concise, clear and clear expression is enough. Otherwise, it is easy to go astray. It's hard to improve. If possible, beginners try to associate everyday things with foreign words or phrases.
(3) Don't be afraid of making mistakes.
Although mistakes can cause ambiguity and make people hard to understand, it is enough to explain a few more words. Bold communication can bring more communication and more exercise. In the non-native language environment, we should create all possible training opportunities, fearing that mistakes will isolate ourselves, leading to more mistakes in the future, or not knowing it. Fear of mistakes is also fear of difficulties.
(4) When talking with people in a foreign language at first, try to use short sentences.
Short sentences are not easy to make grammatical mistakes and ambiguity. Flawless is the greatest success and the most refreshing. The same is true of writing.
(5) Overcome the fear of difficulties.
Many people gradually lose confidence, not to mention interest, because their foreign language level has not improved or they have been delayed for too long in the learning platform area. In some people, it even becomes a psychological barrier. In fact, foreign languages are easy to learn, at least make yourself feel easy to learn. You can naturally find a sense of language and make a breakthrough. For example, in English, new words are a big difficulty. But even CET-6 requires a vocabulary of only 5,500. There is nothing here. It is people who blindly repeat meaningless exercises that make them physically and mentally exhausted and kill their ambitions. If you use the system learning method to scan your memory quickly, you can scan 2000 words one hour a day, and you can see a reincarnation in three days. In this way, more than 80% of people can break through the new word barrier through six reinforcement in three weeks. So, what else will dampen confidence?
(6) exploratory writing.
Don't be surprised. Anyone who has a gift for writing depends on whether he can find it.
Understanding of Korean vocabulary learning. Korean vocabulary is basically composed of Chinese characters, inherent words and foreign words. Chinese characters account for more than half. As the name implies, "Chinese words" are words transformed from Chinese (South Korea has been influenced by Chinese in many ways due to the neighboring relations between China and South Korea since ancient times). The characteristic of these words is that one Korean corresponds to one Chinese character, such as "?" The corresponding is "learning", "learning" and "is it?" Corresponding to "life" and "life" respectively, then "?" Is a "student". These words associated with Chinese characters form the basis for us to remember vocabulary, and are also the fastest way for our brains to get familiar with Korean. With a certain accumulation of Chinese characters, we can guess the meaning of a new word by associating it with the corresponding Chinese characters. Like "?" Corresponding to the "door", contact the example we gave earlier. "(school)", then ""means "big school" and "university", but "?" It is the "school gate". Such Chinese words are common in Korean advanced vocabulary, and many words that Korean natives and western learners find difficult are simply a piece of cake for us in China. For example, the corresponding Chinese character is "kill two birds with one stone". I suggest you get into the habit of recording Chinese characters from the beginning and know which Chinese character each Korean Chinese character corresponds to. Although you will feel a little troublesome at first, you will soon feel that this is definitely a good way to get twice the result with half the effort, and you can get a lot of returns and learn from others!
In addition to Chinese characters, Korean is mainly composed of inherent words and foreign words. Inherent words are authentic Korean native languages. These words are generally very short, two or three words, which are better to remember than the long list of words in English. Read it a few more times and you will remember it naturally. Loanwords refer to words borrowed from other countries except China. These words are mainly transliteration, and most of them are translated from English, which is very interesting to read. Mostly high-tech terms, names of new things. The advantage of this kind of words is that while learning Korean, it also helps you to review English, French and German ... The characteristics are generally long, and words with more than 5 words are basically foreign words, and the pronunciation is obviously different from other Korean words. But don't worry, there are not many such words. If you see one, you will destroy one.
In the initial stage of learning, you don't have to distinguish which camp a word belongs to, no matter what means you take, just memorize it. But I suggest that you make a simple classification of the words you have learned about one month after the introduction, which is the first step, and then try to explore the characteristics of each kind of words. Since vocabulary is invented by people, it must conform to certain thinking rules. You can try to sum up yourself, or consider yourself the founder of the language. This kind of thinking will make you look at vocabulary from a height. It will let you find a fine clue in the seemingly unrelated and vast vocabulary world. If you follow, the road ahead will be much clearer. Even if you get nothing after thinking, this thinking process makes you impressed with the words, at least you remember them.
Some students may complain that they still can't remember the words they have recited many times. This is normal at the beginning, because your brain has not adapted to this writing system. In fact, as long as your brain gets used to this new writing symbol, it will become easier to remember, which takes about one to two months. So give yourself more time.
Summary: Chinese vocabulary accounts for half of Korean vocabulary, which is the basis for us to expand our vocabulary and guess the meaning of new words. Inherent words are short and pithy, and you can get them by reading them several times. Loanwords are interesting to read, which usually excites the brain and can be linked with other foreign languages such as English to help memory.
On the learning of Korean phonetics. Korean is phonetic, which means that when you see a word, you can spell it according to its composition. Unlike Chinese, you don't need a separate pinyin system. The advantage of this phonetic notation is that once you remember the phonetic symbols, you can read all Korean, even though you may not know a word. A Korean Chinese character is mainly composed of three parts, vowels, consonants and radio stations, which are served by some consonants. Among them, vowel 2 1, consonant 19 and phonetic symbol ***40. Many of their pronunciations are similar to Chinese, and individual phonetic symbols can be fully mastered after a period of practice. Generally speaking, after a week, it is not a problem to remember all the phonetic symbols and read all the Korean.
Compared with Chinese, Korean has stricter requirements on the tension of lips and oral muscles, especially the aspirated sound and tight sound. These sounds are not difficult to read. In the first few lessons of learning pronunciation, everyone can speak very well. The problem is that after learning the text, the consciousness of pronunciation standardization is relaxed. I suggest you always remind yourself to review your pronunciation rules and consolidate your pronunciation within three months. I haven't been exposed to Korean for five days in the primary stage, so I must review it from the pronunciation. Because once the pronunciation is finalized, it will take a lot of time and energy to change it later, and the nonstandard pronunciation will also have a certain impact on your listening. I hope everyone can work harder in the initial stage and lay a solid foundation for the future.
In pronunciation learning methods, I suggest you prepare a small mirror, observe the mouth shape and compare it with the teacher's practice. Because the action you feel is not necessarily the action you really make, especially for your invisible lips and tongue. If you are embarrassed to look in the mirror in class, you can also go home and turn on the TV to find a Korean drama. Please pay attention to their lip shape changes while enjoying the beautiful plot. Now you should act in concert with them. You can also find Korean friends to help you practice. It is recommended to find a girl who can speak Seoul (Seoul) standard language. Because girls have clear pronunciation, which is very suitable for beginners, girls are more patient.
Conclusion: As long as you practice hard, it is not a problem to speak standard Korean over time.
Nine? A study of Korean grammar. The grammar of initial contact is relatively simple and won't cause too many problems. But at the intermediate level, grammar may become the most troublesome part for many students. Many usages with similar meanings, the use of honorifics and semi-stylistics, the deformation of words under different auxiliary words, and extremely long sentences are still incomprehensible after reading them several times. No wonder many students regard grammar as "?" The first object of. However, grammar learning is very important, which is the key for us to understand the structure of a foreign language quickly and quickly in a short time. Compared with Chinese, Korean grammar is really much more complicated. Open any book that explains grammar, and you will always be confused. The explanation on how to distinguish similar endings will probably make you frown even more. So, in the face of such a powerful grammar empire, is there any secret to break through? The answer is, of course.
Ten? Make your Korean learning goal clearer and more grounded. There is an old saying in Europe that "a beautiful morning announces a beautiful day is coming", which means that a good beginning is half the battle. When we know how to start, we need to have a clear learning goal.
Common learning purposes include "communicating with Koreans", "learning Korean", "doing Korean translation" and "applying for a Korean company". These sounds a bit general. No one knows where to study communication, study, translate and find a job. So let's take a look at the answers to these common questions today.
1. Can communicate with Koreans.
Communicating with others in Korean is out of reach for many people, especially after learning Korean. The premise of communication is to be familiar with basic grammar and common vocabulary, and at the same time, it needs long-term practical communication. For people who have no language environment around them, this goal is not easy to achieve. Generally speaking, simple communication also needs to persist in studying 1 year or more. Many people can't accept such a long time, but it's a short time from ignorance to communication in Korean, which can be realized within 1-2 years. So I hope everyone will abandon the idea of quick success and instant benefit.
2. Learn Korean.
This standard is roughly as above, and it is conservatively estimated that it will take about 2 years.
3. Korean translation.
For amateurs, this is not a wise goal. Because translation requires proficiency in Korean, and it is difficult to master a foreign language. Even if you are proficient in Korean translation, it will not be as ideal as you think. Qualified translators need long-term working experience and solid language skills. At the same time, it should be emphasized that the treatment of primary translators is not good. Would you like to spend a few years as a junior Korean translator with a low salary? It usually takes more than five years from the beginning to becoming a Korean translator.
4. Korean companies apply.
Many people mistakenly think that Korean companies want to recruit Koreans, but this is not the case. People who can only speak Korean can only do translation, but people who have little knowledge can't do translation. Korean enterprises need professionals who know professional knowledge to open up the market in China. As for Korean, it's just icing on the cake. In addition, most of the translation positions in Korean companies are held by Koreans, who are proficient in Korean and Chinese, and many people can be translators without training. Therefore, don't think that there is a lack of Korean translation in the market.
5. In this case, what is the learning goal suitable for most people?
Practically speaking, most people can't master Korean. Because the goal of "mastering Korean" is really far away, many people cannot devote themselves to it. So I suggest you set your goal closer, know simple Korean and say some simple and common conversations. To be specific, I insist on learning 1 year, and master the words around 1500 and some common grammar. Then thoroughly understand these contents and reach the degree of flexible application. Practice makes perfect. In fact, there are not many commonly used grammar and vocabulary in Korean, and the key lies in whether they are used flexibly and truly. Generally, you can reach this level after learning the first book of Standard Korean, so as long as you understand this book thoroughly, simple communication is not a problem.
In order to have a more detailed study plan, everyone is encouraged to take the TOPIK exam. The exam is held twice a year. Now the examination fee is 200 yuan, so you can arrange your own study according to the examination situation. China people are very good at exams, but at present, there are not many skills in this kind of exam. In China, many foreign language tests often become a testing ground for various test skills, so TOPIK only pays attention to practicality. Even if there are many test skills in the future, don't forget the original intention of learning Korean. We didn't study Korean for the exam, otherwise there would be another candidate with high scores and low abilities.