099: How to cope with a different alphabet

Isabelle asks: "I'm learning Korean, but I'm slow at reading. How can I improve?"

An unfamiliar alphabet can be off-putting
Some alphabets present significant challenges (e.g. Chinese)
Korean is relatively easy - only 24 characters
The pronunciation is reflected in the characters (unlike Chinese, for example)
Learn all the characters and associated sounds at the beginning
Improving is really just a question of practice
Keep away from romanisation
Persist!

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

About the Korean language - a great summary from the Omniglot blog
Polyglot Pub Facebook Group - language meetups I run in London
Polyglot Pub Email List - get email notifications about events

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