Memorizing

[usakorjb03]

hey everyone, I was just wondering. What helps you remember Grammer? how do you study grammer,anything special u like to do. for me I try to practice with them as much as I can but hard to remember what it is I want to say right on the spot. what about vocab? what helps you increase your vocab? besides studying them all the time

[Bouks]

Hearing everything as much as possible helps, even if it's just using the line-by-line audio replay feature. Even just listening to the podcasts several times and rereading the dialogue by yourself (hangeul) helps a lot. If the whole podcast becomes boring, just listen to the dialogue itself until it sounds natural and you can practically repeat it all back yourself.

I don't know how other people learn,but over time I've discovered that the same thing happens to me with a new language. I can't say a thing for months, then suddenly, I find I can make a decent sentence. I think it's just allowing myself that time to hear, repeat, and absorb. It seems tedious, but it works.

[matthew254]

for me, it's all about the experience. be it grammar or vocab, I have an experience that links back to a new word, phrase, or grammar point.

I try to familiarize myself with a grammar point (or hanja word) and later when it happens in real conversation, it sticks.

so, I end up having a lot of embarassing stories to tell (oh man do I have some good ones) but those stories help me remember when and when not to use a particular point.

One of my favorite parts of KC101 is the voice acting. I'm here to tell you that not all language courses use them and I find them particularly helpful. When I want to say something, I end up remembering the context from either a real life situation, drama situation, or KC101 voice acting situation.

[Keith]

One of my favorite parts of KC101 is the voice acting.

Glad you enjoy them! We have a lot of fun in the studio too

[steved]

I have found that the only way to really cement vocabulary into my brain is to use it. It seems to be a process that goes from hear a word and thinking, "I know this word but what is it again..." and looking it up or asking. And then the important part is to use that word again in a sentence of my own--apply it.

As for grammar, I am with Bouks. Usually it just takes getting familiar enough with the new constructions (like vacab). But since I am a native English speaker and Korean grammar and English grammar are so different I find that it really helps to try not to translate in my head back into English but rather just go with it. But that takes time and practice.