We lived in Korea for a short time because of hiroro's transfer. Because we lived in Korea for a short time, I can speak and understand little Korean that is useful for living in Korea. But I didn't have enough time to learn to read and write Korean. When we finished moving and I have some time to kill before I start working, I quickly thought about studying Korean by myself again. To tell you the truth, I had no interest at all about Korea, until hiroro's transfer was decided. I think I'm probably a strange one who decided to study Korean without watching the famous Korean drama, "Winter Sonata"yet. I decided to use this book for my Korean text to study by myself.
This book tells the differences of cultures and customs between Japan and Korea comically. It's written in both Japanese and Korean. When I'm reading this book in Japanese, every page makes you nod because it's full of stories that you would encounter, if you had been living in Korea. Since written Japanese is only in a 4 stories comics, it made me want to read the details written in Korean. And that was the reason why I wanted to study Korean once again. The style to study by myself is very simple. I copy and write Korean in the book on a notebook. I underline and look up all the vocabularies that I don't know. After that, I translate and rewrite in into Japanese. The grmmars of 2 languages are basically the same and it's a bit easy for me because I know the Korean alphabets already. I can only study Korean when I have time and it's also free.It's a great way to kill time,too. My Korean friend from Daegu is visiting us in April and I hope to keep up my Korean by the time she visits.