How to Improve Korean Listening the Fun Way | Please Try This for Just One Week (Beginner–Advanced)

Hello everyone this is Teacher Mina Today I'd like to talk about our Korean learning methods rather than a podcast So I'd recommend turning on the subtitles and enjoying the video comfortably Before we begin what do you find most challenging about studying Korean When I'm teaching students I always ask them What part is the most difficult When asked this people usually say listening is the hardest But I think I kind of understand why that part is tricky You know listening in Korean can be really tough right What's the reason Why is it difficult Well if you don't know it's bound to be hard So let me explain the reason first Korean speakers don't actually pronounce Korean the way it's written I think the same is true for English as well In English we write "I want to " but we actually say it as "I wanna " There's a slight difference between speaking and writing Korean which is why listening can be naturally more challenging For example if it says "It looks delicious " when we usually learn Korean It looks delicious We use this when we say it out loud But how do Korean speakers pronounce it It looks delicious It sounds like "gatayo " That's why listening feels so difficult due to these differences So how should I study Let me carefully explain each of those methods to you step by step First of all as I've mentioned in my previous videos you should study something you genuinely enjoy You should practice listening with things you enjoy If you like dramas it's perfectly fine to listen to lots of them Or if you like a particular celebrity you can also study using their YouTube Shorts or videos So pick one content you like I think a slightly shorter range would better personally rather than a broader one Because we'll be listening to that section repeatedly So the second step is repeated listening But the part I can't hear—it just won't come through no matter how many times I listen So I check that section a bit more carefully while listening And we watch it with Korean subtitles That's when you can see why I didn't hear it For example when he brought that person over earlier I couldn't hear it because he pronounced "gatayo" as "gatayo " but oh I already knew it was supposed to be "gatayo " So that's how Koreans pronounce "kattaeyo " That's how you learn it That's how you learn to pronounce it correctly For example this time—oh I went shopping recently What was it this time This time is it That's why Koreans also pronounce it as "yo-bon-ae" this time That's why it doesn't sound right Why I didn't know I didn’t know Koreans pronounced it that way So while watching the kind of content we love we check for these nuances Next I watch it a second time with subtitles in my native language This process helps me learn new expressions There are expressions used more when speaking than when writing For example "not really" or "wasn't really " We don’t use these expressions much when writing But when we Koreans speak they’re actually used quite frequently So this expression was a bit unfamiliar to me Ah that's what it means That's how you learn new expressions by comparing them with your native language And if you want to go further and make these expressions your own as I mentioned in my previous video When you create countless examples your own expression emerges By consistently repeating this process I am confident that your speaking abilities have grown just as remarkably as your listening skills What's difficult here Staying consistent is the hardest part We don't have an environment where we can focus solely on Korean There are other studies to focus on other responsibilities to handle—our lives are so busy It's simply hard to manage everything with willpower alone So I created a study for you —a 20-Day Korean Shadowing Study—covering the very processes I mentioned earlier Listen repeatedly study new expressions and pronunciation and practice shadowing as well A program you can try for 20 consecutive days one day at a time This study will run for a total of 20 days over four weeks Monday through Friday each week From Monday to Thursday I'll be shadowing daily speech videos of Korean celebrities You don't know which videos to shadow or which parts are important or commonly used expressions among Koreans do you I'll select them personally and send one by one from Monday to Thursday and the videos will be uploaded Korean script English script study materials and my lecture videos And I'll be uploading three versions of a guide to help you with your shadowing recordings There are so many materials uploaded So when you listen to the video first and say "Oh I don't really understand " Practice the pronunciations while following along with the Korean script I provided And I practice expressions while following along with the English script Among them the expressions I consider important are I compiled the pronunciations into study materials and along with them lecture videos have also been uploaded That’s how you learn—by studying and then practicing shading again and again There are three versions of shading Half speed 1.75 times speed normal speed—that's the default speed My guide recording is uploaded in three speeds You can listen to that file and practice shadowing along with it or play the link I provided at 0.5 0.75 or 1 times the normal speed You're welcome to listen and try shading as well And on Fridays the parts you've shaded from Monday through Thursday We'll have another session to review once more Reviewing is truly important If you only go through it once and move on you'll forget it So on Friday we'll spend time reviewing and truly making it my own expression So I tried to create an environment where consistent effort became unavoidable I’d like to help you develop a daily habit of studying Or I want to truly study listening and speaking And most importantly enjoyably Those who'd like to enjoy studying in a fun way through videos of their favorite celebrities Many people have already applied so I'll post the link in the pinned comment below I think it would be great if we studied hard together Yes today let's do listening practice and also work on speaking We discussed how best to study Korean and although you don't have to join my study group Trying each of the methods I've mentioned one by one while studying should definitely be helpful And the most important thing for you is You must study while enjoying yourself That's why you should definitely study using entertaining content Of course my podcast works too So let' s try sharing some interesting content And by listening carefully trying hard to catch unclear pronunciations I hope this helps make learning Korean a bit easier a bit smoother Shall we meet again next time Don't study Korean Enjoy Korean with Mina Thank you Bye