OutsideIn Korea: Recent Comments

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:30:20 +0900

hi! i'm really not sure if this question is appropriate to ask here, but i'm oh-so-desperate for some sort of linguistic explanation for the following phenomenon: why is it that with certain word-initial nasals (i.e. mian, ne, nugu), the nasals often sound like they're plosives (i.e. bian, de, dugu) when i hear them said in korean dramas and variety shows? is it just my ears deceiving me or is there a valid explanation for this? thanks in advance for any input you have to offer!

- grace

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:53:09 +0900

Hey i would like to tell everyone that this book is really on of the best books out there. Ive been studying korean for about 10 years of and on. I was in the military and ive sent over $500 in material over my life time. I hate to say the fact that i did buy this pack before from a used book store that cost like $80 dollars. :( but anyways After useing this book. Alot of my korean friends commented on 1. How yell i sounded korean and to how fast i was picking things up and speaking more freely. I.E. Not thinking about what im saying and just talking. iF YOU WANT TO LEARN FAST AND LIKE TO DRILL. THIS IS FOR YOU. There are alot of books out there which was mentioned in the intro and ill tell you. this is most definitly it. I would like to mention the fact that you might want to pick up a grammer book. It helps with the grammer because this book is a "speak" based book. Id also like to say that ive learned enougth to write a song in korean. and it wouldnt be possible without this book.(and outside help)

- Jumbe

Comment on "44 Tips For Getting A Job In Korea (and Keeping It)"

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:33:43 +0900

excellent. really enjoyed that and gave me relief as a 3 week newbie in the throes of immigration bureaucratic nightmare

- Andrew

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:09:40 +0900

Annyeong haseyo!!
it such a great site!!
i have learned Korean 4 bout a year..and i hope this site would help me 2 learn more bout Korea & Korean...
Now, i can understand some Korean songs..
gamsahamnida!!

- samgyetang

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:01:51 +0900

I worked for six months in Seoul in -94/-95 and haven't been there since. I understand the night life has improved somewhat.

Gawd, that picture of kimchi...making me salivate uncontrollably...all out impossile to get kimchi where I'm at. Must...have...kim...chi...

- Noble Bear

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:47:48 +0900

Thank for Upload this Lesson!

- rina

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:23:30 +0900

Dear,

I found your web-site on ‘Stumble Upon’
I think your site is well-made and good combination with excellent learning material.
I guess you could have many Korean friends and good experience on Korea culture, even Korean. Isn’t it?

I believe one of your English native friends could want either practice or learn Korean. If it is possible, I would like to introduce Korean on English. I have educated two Japanese on English when I studied in England.

So if you are ok, let me know. I do not want money. I have met a very kind English lady, who introduced everything even free English lesson, while I was learning English in England. I would like to be her.

Do not hesitate to contact me for further information.

Best

Dong Il Yu

father1007@hotmail.com
+82-11-9868-7933

- Dong Il Yu

Comment on "44 Tips For Getting A Job In Korea (and Keeping It)"

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:14:45 +0900

Great advice. As an expat teacher who lived in Seoul for 5 years (and loved it) and then decided to make Korea Studies my MA, I couldn't agree with you more. As for the relationship thing, learn this like the back of your hand. All dealings in Korea involve relationships. If you don't believe me, check out http://www.newsvisual.com/newsvisual/2007/09/asian-education.html. If you notice on this map Korean execs are not connected trhough 3rd companies (like say Western execs usually are) but by universities. These school ties play a major role in Korea gov., politics, and business. Enjoy your stay in Korea!!

- Neil

Comment on "44 Tips For Getting A Job In Korea (and Keeping It)"

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:35:18 +0900

Excellent summary , deserves to be published widely.

- Jon Allen

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:29:55 +0900

hi,
finally i found this site, then i can start to learn Korean, thanks for upload all the contents on internet

- rina

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:39:08 +0900

While not free, the best Korean language learning software out there is made by Declan Software.

http://www.declan-software.com

They have software that teaches hangul, korean grammar and vocubulary all with audio. they also have a fully searhable korean-engligh dictionary. I have found the korea grammar software an excellent introduction to spoken korean.

- harry

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:30:29 +0900

"As long as the course here is the original FSI Korean Basic course, then you should be fine within the USA. Companies like Barron's and Audio-Forum would no doubt want to shut you down and threaten you with a lawsuit"

Nah, that's not how it works. If they did think posting this was copyright infringing (which, again, I don't believe it to be), they'd send me a takedown notice. If I did not comply with the takedown notice, they would then have the option of legal recourse -- but, as I said, if I received a takedown notice and it seemed substantive, I'd remove the materials.

(Send 'em to wonderchickenindustries at gmail dot com, by the way, if any lawyer-types actually do come sniffing around)

- Chris

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:43:16 +0900

I just want to say thankyou very much for your efforts :).

- Jarra

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:42:57 +0900

Kind of sad that I purchased the Barron's today, not knowing this was in the public domain. Are the actual recordings in the public domain? Barron's just took a recording it didn't make and a text it didn't create and packaged them? I think you are in the clear if you got the recordings for free (e.g., from the FSI), and there were no copyright restrictions there. If you took a poem by Keats and retyped it and sold the book, I couldn't photocopy your book, but I could retype the poem and sell it on my own. What's your source?

There is an advantage to buying, since the sound is so low on your mp3s. But thank you for posting.

- David

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Fri, 18 May 2007 21:46:54 +0900

I studies priorily Korea language twice times. But I bave forgetten now. So, I will learn Korea language again.

- Amartuvshin

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Thu, 17 May 2007 19:48:41 +0900

Wow, this is great.
I haven't had chance to listent to them all, but I just tried one link.
As I hear it as a native speaker, the male speaker is not a native Korean(I can understand because his name in the dialog is James, right?) but his English is not a native's English, either.
What do you think?
Since I haven't had chance to go over everything, I can't really judge it but I found several mistakes.
For example, 잘 지내십니까?
Both the male and the female speakers say it 잘 지나십니까?
But I'm sure this whole material is quite precious since there aren't really many good books for learners of Korean as you mentioned.
So thank you so much for sharing.
Do you know when this was first published?

Actually, I would like to find some mistakes from this source and let everyone else know about them and hopefully contact the original publisher and republish it with 한글, ^^ haha, too ambitious?
Anyway, when you have time, please visit my website.

- Hyeyoung Jung

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Tue, 08 May 2007 04:23:08 +0900

As long as the course here is the original FSI Korean Basic course, then you should be fine within the USA. Companies like Barron's and Audio-Forum would no doubt want to shut you down and threaten you with a lawsuit if it turned out that what you're posting came from them instead of FSI directly.

- vput

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Sat, 05 May 2007 21:55:16 +0900

Hello!! Thankyou sooo sooo much for putting these up... It has been immensly hard for me to find good resources to learn korean... thankyou so much for helping everyone out!!

- Sonia

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Thu, 03 May 2007 23:35:19 +0900

vput: Thanks for your concern, but if it's in the public domain, it's in the public domain, as far as I'm concerned.

If I receive a takedown notice, I'll be happy to consider it, but as far as I'm aware, this is not anyone's copyright-hijacked course, but the original FSI one, which, as I have mentioned, is public domain material. The cover image (which I will remove, as it's misleading) was intended to be illustrative only.

Until I get a takedown request (and possibly thereafter, unless it seems legitimate), I'll leave the materials right where they are.

- Chris

Comment on "A Free Korean Language Course"

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:18:55 +0900

Kamsahamnida! I love this site. Thank you so much for posting this!

- Jake