Some of you out there are looking for a good way to study Korean.
(And by “good way” I mean “free way”)
You might have tried Smart.fm only to find out that, unlike what’s offered for Japanese, their Korean offerings are barren and lifeless. But despair not my eager friend – I have come with the horn of plenty, overflowing with Korean! Or, at least a cup of offerings.
Lessons
Seoul National University’s Korean Language Education Center – I only recently discovered this, but if I were to start studying Korean all over again, I’d definitely give it a shot.
Sogang Korean Program – This is a little old, but it’s still useful. The navigation is awkward, though.
Let’s Learn Korean – This is a task-based approach. While it doesn’t have the sort of depth of content I’d prefer, it’s OK as a light introduction to the language.
Dictionaries
Naver.com Dictionary – Obviously made for Koreans, but it works the other way, too.
Yahoo.co.kr Dictionary – Another one.
Parallel Bilingual Text
JoongAng Daily Bilingual Columns – Provides news stories in Korean with English translations running alongside. (This was also aimed at Koreans learning English, but, again – It works both ways!)
More?
I’m sure there are many more sites out there, but I haven’t found them yet! If you know any more, please leave a comment and I’ll update this accordingly.
Update
James from Korean {as it is} has offered another resource for studying Korean: Gloss Ling Net. He also mentioned on his blog about Rainbow Magazine as a resource.
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In my experience THE best free online resource for Korean is the huge archive of newspaper articles and reports, with audio and English translations available on GLOSS Ling Net. You need to perform a search from this page according to your level (all would be considered intermediate + content despite their difficulty rating system).
Here: http://gloss.lingnet.org/
Keep up the great work with your blogs and thanks for the interest in mine.
And great find on the JoongAng Daily Bilingual Column. That went straight in the bookmarks.