70 Super-Common Korean Sentences : Listen Every Day to Train Your Ears and Mouth, by Korean with Miss Vicky 빅키쌤 on YouTube. 26 min 46 s.
- Video length
- 26 min 46 s
- Time to do it
- 25 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 8
What you need
Steps
Open the video and set aside 25 quiet minutes. Use the gear icon in the YouTube player to set the playback speed to 0.75x if the speakers sound fast.
Play the greetings and small talk group once without pausing. Just listen and write down any words you recognise.
Replay that group sentence by sentence. Say each line out loud straight after the speaker and copy their rhythm and intonation.
Move to the daily activities group and repeat the same listen, pause, say it back pattern. Mark the sentences you stumble on.
Work through the communication and technical issues group in two sittings, since it is the longest section. Split it at roughly the halfway point.
Cover the apologies and gratitude group next. These are short, so say each one three times and try to say it before the speaker does.
Continue with the personal opinion group. Pause after each sentence and repeat it from memory before you replay it.
Finish with asking for and offering help. Then go back to your marked sentences and read them aloud from your notes with the screen hidden.
Tips and common mistakes
Change the playback speed whenever it feels too slow or too fast, then push it back to normal once a sentence feels easy.
Repeat the whole video on a commute or while walking, without pausing, so your ears get used to natural speed.
Say the sentences out loud rather than silently reading them, or your mouth will not build the muscle memory.
Do not try to memorise all 70 at once. Ten sentences a day, repeated, beats one long session.
Questions
Do I need to know hangul first?
Yes, it helps a lot. The sentences are spoken, so you need to be able to write down what you hear in hangul to review it later.
How often should I do this?
Aim for short daily sessions rather than one long weekly one. Repeating the same group three or four days in a row works well.
Can I use this if I am a total beginner?
You can, but start with the greetings group only and accept that you will catch single words at first. That is normal.
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