I’m going to channel my inner YouTube beauty guru here and do a little unboxing
of a recent purchase! I found the Living Language program on the Barnes and Noble website and it had a lot of great reviews all around. I went ahead and bought it, and
it shortly arrived in my mailbox.
I've decided that I will work my way through this program bit by bit each week. Before I do that, however, I have to acclimate myself (as well as you) with what the program has in store for me. I’m hoping that it will make tracking my progress and explaining my experiences easier to follow if I set a baseline as to what the program is all about.
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What you get:
The set includes four books: essential, intermediate,
advanced, and reading and writing. A notebook is included as well as a set of 9
CD’s that accompany the lessons in the books. Everything is color coded, which is a lovely
plus.
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Course
Breakdown
*The following information I have gleaned from the books
included in the set*
The Essential
(beginners) Course:
- 10 lessons
- 3 parts each
- Vocab
- Quizzes
- Dialogues (conversational Korean)
*Advised to go through Reading and Writing Hangeul lesson book
The
Intermediate Course:
- 5 units
- 4 lessons each
- Vocab
- Phrases
- Sentences
- Conversation
- Grammar
- Cultural Notes
- Pronunciation
The
Advanced Course:
- 4 units
- 4 lessons each
- Vocab
- Phrases
- Sentences
- Conversation
- Grammar
- Cultural Notes
- Punctuation
*this seems to be structured very similarly to the
Intermediate Course just more… advanced
So that’s the gist of it all.
It’s actually kind of weird that a whole language can be
stripped down to just those things. I feel a bit better now about tackling
Korean. I think that a program with lessons that already has goals built into
them will help to keep my motivation up. I haven’t accomplished much this past
week, but I’m excited to start this! It will also provide a way to learn the
language without having to go through the daunting task of teaching myself.
I’ve included a link below to where I bought Living Language
if you are interested in checking it out…
The complete edition sells for $44.95 on Barnes and Noble’s website.
You can usually find a 15 or 20 percent off coupon for Barnes and Noble as well,
and if you have a membership that’s an additional 20 percent off. It is definitely
on the less-expensive side compared to some of the other programs that are out
there!
Thanks for tuning in!
Lauren
Wow! Intense stuff, but you're right, it does look manageable. Thanks for adding the visuals and making it really reader-friendly. I see your plan and I hear your voice. I'm still left wondering some things about the last two weeks though: What did you start with? Any struggles at this point? What are you thinking and feeling at this point?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback! I'll definitely make sure to include all of that into future blog posts!
DeleteThat's awesome!!! If it makes learning Korean easier and it actually works then it seems like a good investment. If what you say about the program is true then I think you will have learned a lot. Keep up the good work!:)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Will you also be learning the characters? I ask because they are hard to learn in a short amount of time.
Thank you! Yes, I will be learning the characters! Its sort of incorporated into Living Language so I figured that I might as well learn it too:)
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