Let's Learn Korean - Korean Podcasts for Learners

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A few weeks ago I wrote about Chinese Pod and lamented that there was no such resource for Korean language learners. Today I saw that Mark found another Chinese podcast. I left a comment to which he responded: EFL Geek, why don’t you and one of your Korean friends start one?

Well I’m nowhere near qualified to start a podcast for learners and unfortunately I don’t have any Korean friends I could call on for this. I am however willing to host the podcast, purchase a domain, design the site as well as provide training to podcasters on how to record their files and upload them to a site. The only thing is I need volunteers to design the podcasts and record them.

Recording is easy enough on your home PC and as mentioned I would be able to show you how to accomplish this if necessary. I’m also sure that once the podcast got off the ground we would have a large audience quickly. I’ve seen many threads on Daves Cafe and other expat boards expressing interest in learning Korean. Anyone willing to help out on the language end?

I have sent emails to several popular bloggers in Korea asking for support and hopefully this project will get off the ground.

update
Second Language Writing posts an article about The Future of Learning talks alot about ChinesePod which largely fits into my vision for this project. There is also a link to an article in the Guardian worth reading about Chinese Pod and Ken Carrol

update II
Found one podcast designed for true beginners of Korean. It only has two shows so far, but it is new and is run by a Korean university student at Yonsei. I sent him an email to see if he would be interested in helping with development of this project. visit his podcast. (email bounced damn)

on another note I’ve created a new forum for all discussion of the direction of the Korean Podcast. PLease drop by and contribute.

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트랙백:

I’ve been interested in attempting something similar - although perhaps not on the scale you intend. You’ve inspired me to try to record my first KSL podcast this week (we’ll see). I will be using ODEO, at least the first few times, until I see if I’m motivated enough to keep going. I will be posting the pods on my blog and would be thrilled to see them crossposted here.

Posted by kwandongbrian on Saturday May 20, 2006 at 10:25 AM
Brian,
I’m looking forward to your podcasts and any support you can help me with regards to the new site.

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Posted by 王音癡 on Saturday May 20, 2006 at 10:36 AM
Out of curiosity, what software do you use to record podcasts? Is it free? I’ve thought about adding one or two to my site.

Posted by Mark on Sunday May 21, 2006 at 02:48 AM
Mark,
all my audio editing is done with Audacity and yes it is free and open source.

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Posted by 王音癡 on Sunday May 21, 2006 at 06:07 AM
My wife teaches Korean to foreigners for a living, and I’ve lived in Korea for about ten years and speak the language relatively well. I discussed your idea with my wife, and we might be interested in doing a brief, regularly scheduled podcast. There are some things we would have to discuss and work out, though, so drop me a line and we can talk about it.

Posted by Charles on Sunday May 21, 2006 at 10:57 PM
My first ‘cast is up. It’s a good start - or maybe a middle, as I have not planned that far ahead. Will future casts have more or less complexity? Anyway, I will make two or three more this semester and perhaps they will supplement other, more organized, ‘casts. Find it at my website or at:
http://odeo.com/audio/1220623/view

Posted by kwandongbrian on Monday May 22, 2006 at 05:38 PM
Brian,

I’ll check out your podcast a little later.

Charles,
I sent you two emails

Everyone,
I’ll be posting some ideas for the podcast site in the forums and hope to get your suggestions and feedback.

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Posted by 王音癡 on Monday May 22, 2006 at 06:07 PM
I’m willing to volunteer.
but I am from 경상도 where people have one of the strongest accent.
So if you are interested in learning a variety of Korean, I’d love to join your new project.

Anyway, this is a great idea.

Posted by future-kteacher on Monday May 22, 2006 at 08:54 PM
Future-kteacher,
Welcome aboard. dialects are fine with me. Feel free to post in the forums with some ideas or suggestions.

I’ll change your permissions now so that you can write blog entries if you are interested. Before you write a blog entry please read over the FAQ

You may want to add an avatar so that people will more easily recognize your posts comments or blog entries. You can do that in your profile under edit avatar and can choose from the avatar gallery or upload your own.

Thank you for volunteering.

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Posted by 王音癡 on Monday May 22, 2006 at 09:09 PM
I’m not a Korean teacher, but I have several friends here in New York City who are. If you’re interested, I’ll see if they’d be willing to contribute. Also, there’s a jumpin’ Korean community here, so if you’re looking for native speakers to talk about stuff, I’m sure there are at least a couple dozen bored Korean students around.

Also, I’m a professional web developer. If you’re looking to build your own site, I would be willing to help.

This is a good idea, and I started listening to ChinesePod in my free time (in between studying Korean and working) and it’s a top notch site. I’d love to see something similar for Korean.

Posted by uber on Thursday May 25, 2006 at 06:54 AM
Hi,

I’m a complete beginner in Korean; I’ll be learning at university next year but I don’t wanna wait till october so I’ve begun learning a bit by myself.

It’s damn hard though and I thought podcasts would be a huge helper in my case to assimilate the pronunciation and train reading the hangul the right way.

So, just to say I support this project a hundred percent and would be a very grateful and dedicated listener.

Cheers

mirk

Posted by mirkronin on Wednesday Aug 9, 2006 at 04:18 AM
Mirkronin,

Thanks for your support, I’ve recieved a couple of emails with encouragement for this project and seen a few blog posts expressing interest which is really helping to keep me motivated.

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Posted by 王音癡 on Sunday Aug 13, 2006 at 11:57 AM
Hi.

This is a great idea. What about a community podcast, driven by multiple contributors?

We could ask individuals to contribute lessons and link them here, as Brian has, with a description of each lesson’s content and the intended audiences.

I live in a university town, with many foreign students whose spouses can’t get a visa to work in the US. Through my school’s Office of International Scholars and Sudents, I could advertise to Korean spouses, asking them to contribute podcast lessons on this site. In compensation, perhaps we could set up a Paypal donation system, such that listeners could make a suggested donation to the creators, for the lessons they use.

I’m an American-born Korean, and I’ve taken two years of Korean language at school. I can’t fit a Korean language course into my schedule this year, so I’d love to maintain what I’ve learned with the help of Korean lesson podcasts.

I’m interested in intermediate level podcasts. I have a vocabulary of a few hundred words, and I know all basic grammar forms, and a few more sophisticated ones. I need a lot of listening practice.

Many thanks!
Eli

Posted by Eli on Monday Aug 27, 2007 at 11:19 PM
I’ve been learning korean for about 2 months at http://www.koreanclass101.com . I love it but it’s hard! So if you’re interested in a korean podcast, koreanclass101.com 으로 와 주세요. (please come to koreanclass101.com and sorry for any spelling mistakes!)

Posted by maxiewawa on Monday Oct 8, 2007 at 07:54 PM
I love you Forever!

Posted by Donna on Saturday Aug 9, 2008 at 07:30 AM
like, where is the podcast???

Posted by matinga on Thursday Aug 14, 2008 at 11:39 PM
The podcast fell through, but you can find an excellent one at Korean Class 101

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Posted by 王音癡 on Friday Aug 15, 2008 at 06:42 AM
This is wonderful!! Thanks so much. I was wondering if you could put some common phrases like the PDF you posted. I live in California and I would like to communicate with a Korean friend who does not speak English.

Posted by music lessons on Friday Aug 22, 2008 at 06:31 PM