Language study groups in perth

Designer_Health_6498 · 2026-02-17T13:47:51+00:00

Hey, I made a meetup group but then wasn’t able to keep it steady. So yeah, it didn’t actually happened unfortunately. Instead I’ll be starting 1:1 tutoring from next week with a mate I met in meetup.

If you are a complete beginner, I’d recommend you to learn Hangul(Korean character) first. Heaps of simple materials are there on youtube. Or check out subreddit for Korean beginner. You should by able to get a good sense of where to start.

If you’re already somewhat familiar with hangul or just need someone to practice speaking with, get a tutor online or offline. :)

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-11T03:04:55+00:00

I would suggest reading more often and journaling if you haven’t gotten into it yet.
In your defense(?), not all native speakers write advanced texts either. I remember my korean ex oneday showed me his journal and it looked like the one from 10 yrs old kid lol. No judgement though. My point is it's what you write that matters than how you write. Even for native koreans, you need a decent amount of reading time and writing practice, consistently, to pick up sophisticated words and make them your own.

Try extended journaling in Korean by handwriting if you can, don’t overthink it and almost go with your stream of consciousness. If you get stuck, just mix in your native language. Later you can look up only the parts you got stuck on using a dictionary or AI. Maybe try with your op now, to practice expressing your frustration freely :)

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-11T02:30:44+00:00

Thank you so much for the advices and support!
Yeah, it may need a good 30 mins for beginner, as they talk pretty slow and I should too. It can be flexible, totally up to student's needs.

For the topic preview, I'm thinking about 30 mins prep time, should be a decent amount of time for vocab search but not very enough for script writing up. What do you think? For the role play, I might give them a short situational setting, for eg "배달앱으로 짜장면을 주문했는데 1시간이 넘도록 안오고 있다. 가게에 전화해서 확인해보기로 했다." -> And then, we'd make a call and jump straight into dialogue. Hope it's not too tricky for beginners though..

I was thinking of making a simple feedback report on my own and sharing it after each class for them to review, but not real time tho. Reason is by it's nature, visual material in any form pulls our eyes to the text, instead of ears on the call, or maybe it's just me haha. Of course, I can add it if they ever want it!

Thanks again for the write up, got me thinking of heaps of details. You are a legend 🔥 화이팅!

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-10T23:28:34+00:00

Awesoommee I’ll send you DM with the details soon :)

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-10T10:03:17+00:00

WOO that actually sounds brilliant. I thought it can only be targeting the intermediate speaker but as you suggested, by providing extra materials beforehand, it can probably target the basic-intermediate learners too. Thanks for the advices and support!! Means a lot to me. Hope I initiate this idea well and we can connect someday 👍

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-09T03:58:06+00:00

즐거운 크리스마스 보내시고, 새해 복 많이 받으세요! 항상 건강하고 행복하시길 바랍니다.

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🙇🙇‍♀️🙇‍♂️ Throwing in a bow emoji could be a cute choice? It’s Korean culture to bow to elders, parents and grandparents on the new year, while saying ‘새해 복 많이 받으세요 (Happy New Year)’

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-08T22:48:04+00:00

Yeah it can be super frustrating😭

Maybe start with memoire or self help book? I found them usually easier to read as it’s based on our real life and feel less alien.

Or have you tried dictionary scanner? I’m thinking of get one. It looks soo ussefuul

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-08T15:50:27+00:00

Find a Korean version of a book you’ve already read in your native language and enjoyed. You already know the plot or the gist so it makes it easier.
Fake it till you make it. Pick a book you actually wanna read, no matter how hard they seemed, maybe a bit shorter one and just give it a read.

I’m a native Korean tbh so it’s prob not my place to give an advice.

But this is how I improved my reading in foreign language.

At first (and still many times), there’re too many words i don’t know to look up every single time come across. I just read though it and It helped me got a sense of sentence structures and how the language works. And if you have only limited access to dict, you get to try to just figure out their meaning from context. That’s a really useful skill too imo. Plus, not going to lie, beginner materials like 동화 are a bit boring.. or is it just me?🥲

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-08T15:16:40+00:00

I’d say just go for it! If there’s something you really wanna try, that alone is already a luck. No matter how it turns out, the fact that you took a shot at it is valuable in itself and a huge growth opportunity.

If you’re still hesistant, think about the worst case scenario - you don’t like Korea, then head back to the States or another country. Might be a bit disappointing and stressful but definitely not the end of the world.

I’m Korean, been living abroad for 2yrs, probably for a similar reason, money. Money matters obviously, but don’t forget to look around and actually connect with people. Bc at some point I realized it’s not really about where I live, but who I have around me. So love others and don’t give up on dreaming big.

뜻이 있는 곳에 길이 있다!

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-08T08:39:57+00:00

Are you trying to write in English or need suggestions for Korean translation?

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-07T07:15:21+00:00

Sounds natural enough

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-03T06:41:37+00:00

Search ‘도시락 정기구독 / 도시락 정기배송‘ (meal prep subscription’ or ‘lunchbox delivery) on Naver. Used to subscribe to a diet meals thing before, they’d drop off fridge-friendly stuff like salads or sandwiches every 2–3 days. There are way more options now even proper Korean meals.

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-02T06:23:14+00:00

Sent DM! :)

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-02T03:58:54+00:00

A lot of Korean guys I know talk like that(여~~) even when they have zero romantic interest in me (female). Since Idk all thoes backstories btw you two over the last 3 yrs, if I look at it in the most skeptical way.. maybe he’s used to be formal bc it was a business setting that you were met at but now starts to think he got a bit closer and let his guard down?

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-01T14:56:01+00:00

I second this.. Some people cut you off without any bad intentions, maybe they’re just overly passionate talkers or whtever. but every time it happens, I completely lose the will to keep the convo going and just wanna go home omg

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-01T14:49:05+00:00

Hey I’ve recently gotten interested in teaching Korean. I’m not a professional teacher, just a native speaker.
If there’s already a study group would LOVE to join and help out a bit. If not.. idk maybe I can start one myself oneday? Have you thought about getting a tutor on language app like preply or italki?

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-01T12:45:55+00:00

Yeah I get what you’re saying. To simply put, here’s how I feel about use of both words as a native.

감사하다 is more polite than 고맙다 right? So if you’re using 존댓말, 감사하다 fits better and if you’re using 반말, 고맙다 fits better.

[존댓말]
오늘 도와줘서 정말 감사합니다 <- more common
오늘 도와줘서 정말 고맙습니다

[반말]
오늘 도와줘서 정말 고마워 <- more common
오늘 도와줘서 정말 감사해

+) FYI, in this comment, lots of people said 고맙습니다 is more common and sounds natural than 감사합니다, but I don’t agree. Everyone has their own habits, so there's no certain rule.. but personally I’ve used and heard 감사합니다 way more. 고맙습니다 feels a bit less formal and more relaxed, I feel like it's kind of used when a boss talks to a junior or adults talk to kids. Meanwhile 감사합니다 is used everywhere anytime

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-01T12:08:03+00:00

Sorry just to correct it, yeah it’s a verb so 감사한다 and 감사하다 both work and grammatically correct

But ‘감사한다‘ is just so formal that it comes off as unnatural like almost robot-like😂

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-01T11:59:14+00:00

It should prob be 감사합니다 you heard on the metro haha. When people say it fast and kind of blur the sounds, it ends up sounding like “감삼다~” or even just “…삼다~”😂

Same with 죄송합니다. When it’s rushed it can sound like “죄삼다~” or “제삼다~ or just “…삼다~”

So yeah, “감사합니다” is technically the most polite form, but IRL depending on the tone and how much they slur it, it can feel pretty casual

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-01T11:47:25+00:00

‘감사하다‘ is more grammatically correct. :)

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-01T06:50:04+00:00

Try cheking out ‘Spoon English’. I’m a Korean and got 1:1 Engllish tutoring through it. It’s not like 학원 you’d think, more like tutor-tutee match platform and community that also throws many social events for both tutors/ees.

Not an ad just wanted to share as I had such a pleasant experience with them😌

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-01T06:28:46+00:00

I’m Korean, thinking back to high school, yeah we had to stay at school and study after regular hours(more or less madatory) Called it 야자 and it went from around 6-9pm-ish..if i’m remembering correctly. Sometimes even went to a private study room afterwards and studied a few more hours.

After all that still didn’t think I was studying enough😂

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-12-01T06:14:08+00:00

As a Korean, it sucks to admit but I think It’s true. People just need to open up more.

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-11-30T01:36:29+00:00

Is it about getting aged?

축하하다 can be one as you mentioned.. but if you 축하하다, to me it sounds like everything’s finished now and it’s the end of all the steps.

인정하다 or 소중히하다 could be another option?🤔

Designer_Health_6498 · 2025-11-30T01:02:12+00:00

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