This experiment was sparked by a Christmas weekend where I spent much of it lost in Korean conversation. I was lost and I wasn’t even participating. It was very clear to me as I sat there, that my listening skills really really sucked.
I’ve reached the end of Intermediate Series of the Season Two Korean Class Lessons, and have advanced to the audio blog Korean Class 101 Lessons. The whole lesson is in Korean. I’ve already listened to the first lesson and I’d say I missed 90% of it. It was way too fast. Looking at the transcript though, it didn’t seem as bad. The main problem is the speed. There’s bit of grammar and vocabulary that I’m not familiar with, but the speed of the speakers is the biggest challenge. So, here’s the listening experiment.
- Go through the transcript, highlighting words and grammar I don’t know.
- Look up those words and grammar in Naver, or Using Korean, and add all the sample sentences to Anki
- Reading the transcript, listening at the same time.
- Repeat #3 daily, 20-30 mintues at a time, until i can understand at least 85-90% of the audio blog just by listening.
How long it will take me to get to go from 10% to 90% listening comprehension with the first audio blog? One week? Two weeks? Three weeks? 몰라!