First Interlibrary Loan!

This is probably the most best concept ever invented ever ^^
So basically, an interlibrary loan allows anyone to go to their local/university library and request a book in any library catalog. I'm not sure if this is internationally operated or not, but I'm positive it's nationwide.

I requested 인터넷에서 가장 먾이 틀리는 한국어, and I received within days! Although, I did request a another textbook weeks ago and still haven't received it ><
So far, I learned a lot from this book! It points out many errors that are common among Koreans whether it's spelling, grammar, etc.

Title: 인터넷에서 가장 먾이 틀리는 한국어
ISBN: 9788984995949

Chinese: An Essential Grammar

 I managed to scavenge a Chinese grammar book. Unfortunately, the library system where I live does not carry many books pertaining to foreign language =-=;;;

So far, this book seems very helpful! It helped solidified some understanding I had about the Chinese language, along with explaining some new information. I like how each Chapter of the book is very organized with very concrete titles that summarize each new grammar structure or language concept.

I totally reccomend this book. Even though I haven't finished it, I know I'll be able to benefit from this book greatly – both vocabulary and grammar wise.

Title: Chinese An Essential Grammar
ISBN:0415372615

Chinese Sentence Structure

Here's a quick post just to go over the Chinese sentence structure! I find that learning sentence structures in language studying is very important!

Ahhh, I miss studying Korean! I put some books on hold through an interlibrary loan, so expect some reviews :D

Learning more than one language... at once?

This is a question I ask myself almost every time I study! I won't say how many languages I'm currently studying, but it's well over five. I'm not sure if I'm being productive or clearly just hindering myself.

My issue is not 'mixing' the languages, but rather studying to my full capability. Everyday, I have a habit of studying both Chinese and Korean at the same time without any difficulty. Although, I had to quit Japanese for now becuase of the energy it took to study three different languages, not to mention the chinese characters that were involved =-=;;;

As of right now, I haven't experienced any real problems with learning multiple languages at once. I found an interesting article that states what should be considered when learning multiple languages:

1. Goals:
If you are a casual learner who is just fascinated by cultures and or a language and have no desired time frame to achieve a certain level of proficiency then learning multiple languages simultaneously may not be too much.
However, if you would like to learn quickly then your efforts would be best spent learning one language. If you focus on one language at a time you will learn faster because all of your efforts are concentrated on one thing and not divided among many.

2. Ability:
If you are disciplined and have strong study habits then tackling two languages at once may not be difficult for you. If you are easily distracted then it would be in your best interest to learn the language enjoy most and then to come back for the second.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/386107

In the end, I think it depends on the person's abilities and habits.

Studying for HSK... not really!

I'm sure you've heard of KLPT, JLPT etc etc, right? Well, since I started to study Chinese I figured I should at least 'pretend' to study for the HSK 汉语水平考试, which is the Chinese language test. I picked up a character list from here, and printed out a little paper that had three levels on it.

Right now I'm am righting any unfamilar character in my notebook like so:

睡（Shuì）：sleep
睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡
睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡睡

Of course, the more copying, the better! After I memorize each level, I will highlight any character I am still hesitant on and study those while moving onto the next level. I'm not sure if this is an effective way or not, but it sure is helping so far!

My goal is to memorize all three levels by the end of the month !! So I don't have much longer =-=;; If only I wasn't so lazy haha

Learning Words Naturally

In my year of studying Korean, I have noticed that I have been able to learn new vocabulary in certain ways. I found that when I learn new vocabulary with various media such as music videos and TV shows they seem to stick in my memory much more faster and longer.

I remember I first learned -때문에 from the Miss A "Breathe" video. Ever since, 때문에 has played a concrete part in my word bank. Today, while watching Star King, I learned the word 오산 (incorrect), from the children that were currently guests on the show.

I do find studying from textbooks effective of course, but it just takes a little more effort on my side to memorize the word completely.

 

 

Updates~~

Sorry I haven't been blogging lately =-= I have been too busy with other things AKA school ><;;

Even so, I have managed to study Korean at least an hour a day. I'm finding that I don't have the patience to do one thing at a time....

I was trying to study Japanese for a while, but I found out I should just stick to two languages at a time =-=;;

I also have a Chinese blog, laime11.xanga.com! Be sure to visit!