Hi there! Just wanted to say this series and all of your videos have been super helpful! If things work out financially I hope to apply to Sogang in the future! Your channel had the most info from someone who actually attended so it's been an awesome resource! Quick question, I know you're staying in a Goshiwon but for people who need a bit more space, has anyone you known been able to rent an apartment or tried the Homestay? Thanks for these videos and keep up the awesome work with your studies :))!
Gloria Powell Homestays are generally for short term stays of up to a month. Hasukchip is like a home stay but for longer periods of residency. Also people have rented apartments including myself. I'm working on filming the Hasukchip video at the moment. Sorry the videos aren't coming out at a more regular or faster pace. I now know why there aren't many videos on this topic - cause doing this course takes aallllll of you time studying. But yeah, they're a little slow coming but the videos are on the way. ^^;
ChineseIrish ahh I see okay thanks can't wait to see! And totally know what you mean, editing takes so much tiimmee especially when you're busy :)! But it's awesome that you're making these vids because it's so much easier to watch a video than search on the website for a couple of hours lol ^^ Thanks!! xo
Guy from the video here, I'm in the process of finding a new place to live but previously lived in an apartment and currently live in something similar to a hasukjib. I'm currently searching for what Koreans call a 원룸 (lit. One room or what Americans call a studio apartment). If all goes well I'll try to make a video about the process.
HelloThankYou oh cool, i'll make sure to subscribe to your channel! That would be awesome! Did you find it expensive or difficult to rent an apartment? I'm saving right now but it's a lot of money if I won't have a job right away or even have time for a job with the program haha :))!
Gloria Powell Thanks for subscribing. My first apartment I found through a friend and the owner didn't request a big deposit so that was nice. You will need a Korean bank account, most likely, for paying rent/utilities in Korea. Sometimes you can get lucky with finding a place with no deposit (or a small deposit) or taking over someone's lease. It can be difficult to search for a place without being in Korea...but I've heard of people like reserving goshiwon's or hasukjib rooms before they ever step food in country. Apartments might be a different story.
As I kept watching your videos. I wanted to ask how you paid for most of this language stuff. If you don't mind me asking. I hear there are some small ways of being able to earn money in korea but so far all I can think of is that I'll be working a lot to get the money to go there.
You've probably seen this video but just incase, th-cam.com/video/dxMPJOW89H8/w-d-xo.html Tuition went up a little in recent months so it's good to check Sogangs actual website. In terms of cost of living, it's around $1,000 a month and then add how much plane tickets are for you. That's how much it'd cost roughly.
+ChineseIrish Yes I saw it already thank you. I was wondering more along the lines of, did you bring money here to pay for everything? Are you able to find some jobs in korea? I know there is that whole 6 months thing but I also know hagwons sometimes pay under the table which is nice for some living help.
+GOBLUEBOY777 Yeah, I worked for quite a while to save up money and then ended up borrowing money to continue studying. If you're non-Korean asian looking like me, it's pretty hard finding a teaching job in Seoul so I didn't even try. People that do teach English generally do one on one lessons, a few hours here and there. You should be aware though that even though the immersion course has classes for 4 hours a day, you should probably treat it like a full time thing to get your moneys worth.
+ChineseIrish Yeah my other friends who went to Korea told me to just teach every sunday or something one on one. My goal has been to be pretty much immersed from day one in korea. I think I'm going to have to find something to help pay unfortunately if I want to stay there for at least a year. My parents won't help me and won't let me take out any loans for it so I'm pretty screwed for a bit. I'll figure something out. Thanks for the response!
Anwar Rizalman There's 6 Korean proficiency levels. Nathan's doing level 6 now. At Sogang theres a level 7 too but that's mainly for cultural experiences (or so I'm told). As for books, Sogang has two books per level, eg. Level 1A, Level 1B, as well as grammar books, workbooks and writing book. Level 6 only has one book though. If you're planning on self studying, I wouldn't recommend the Sogang books. They have a lot of pages dedicated to explaining classroom activities and need teaches explanation too.
From your other videos it seems like you were studying for a few hours a day even at level 2. Have you had to increase the hours spent studying in level 3?
visconti From level 2 to level 3 yes, I need to study more. They say level 3 is the 'hardest' level in Sogang (I guess comparatively speaking based on the learning curve, there's a bit of a jump.) But my studying methods have also improved so between review, preview, homework and memorising, I'm trying to keep it 4 hours max. But I'm sure closer to the exams it'll be more. But that's just me. Everyone's different. There are some girls in my class that only do an hour a day but they have a multilingual and/or Chinese backgrounds.
wow! thanks this is so informative! I am going to sogang for level 1 in the fall! I'm very excited but nervous!
Hi there! Just wanted to say this series and all of your videos have been super helpful! If things work out financially I hope to apply to Sogang in the future! Your channel had the most info from someone who actually attended so it's been an awesome resource! Quick question, I know you're staying in a Goshiwon but for people who need a bit more space, has anyone you known been able to rent an apartment or tried the Homestay? Thanks for these videos and keep up the awesome work with your studies :))!
Gloria Powell Homestays are generally for short term stays of up to a month. Hasukchip is like a home stay but for longer periods of residency. Also people have rented apartments including myself. I'm working on filming the Hasukchip video at the moment.
Sorry the videos aren't coming out at a more regular or faster pace. I now know why there aren't many videos on this topic - cause doing this course takes aallllll of you time studying. But yeah, they're a little slow coming but the videos are on the way. ^^;
ChineseIrish ahh I see okay thanks can't wait to see! And totally know what you mean, editing takes so much tiimmee especially when you're busy :)! But it's awesome that you're making these vids because it's so much easier to watch a video than search on the website for a couple of hours lol ^^ Thanks!! xo
Guy from the video here, I'm in the process of finding a new place to live but previously lived in an apartment and currently live in something similar to a hasukjib. I'm currently searching for what Koreans call a 원룸 (lit. One room or what Americans call a studio apartment). If all goes well I'll try to make a video about the process.
HelloThankYou oh cool, i'll make sure to subscribe to your channel! That would be awesome! Did you find it expensive or difficult to rent an apartment? I'm saving right now but it's a lot of money if I won't have a job right away or even have time for a job with the program haha :))!
Gloria Powell Thanks for subscribing. My first apartment I found through a friend and the owner didn't request a big deposit so that was nice. You will need a Korean bank account, most likely, for paying rent/utilities in Korea. Sometimes you can get lucky with finding a place with no deposit (or a small deposit) or taking over someone's lease. It can be difficult to search for a place without being in Korea...but I've heard of people like reserving goshiwon's or hasukjib rooms before they ever step food in country. Apartments might be a different story.
As I kept watching your videos. I wanted to ask how you paid for most of this language stuff. If you don't mind me asking. I hear there are some small ways of being able to earn money in korea but so far all I can think of is that I'll be working a lot to get the money to go there.
You've probably seen this video but just incase, th-cam.com/video/dxMPJOW89H8/w-d-xo.html
Tuition went up a little in recent months so it's good to check Sogangs actual website. In terms of cost of living, it's around $1,000 a month and then add how much plane tickets are for you. That's how much it'd cost roughly.
+ChineseIrish Yes I saw it already thank you. I was wondering more along the lines of, did you bring money here to pay for everything? Are you able to find some jobs in korea? I know there is that whole 6 months thing but I also know hagwons sometimes pay under the table which is nice for some living help.
+GOBLUEBOY777 Yeah, I worked for quite a while to save up money and then ended up borrowing money to continue studying. If you're non-Korean asian looking like me, it's pretty hard finding a teaching job in Seoul so I didn't even try. People that do teach English generally do one on one lessons, a few hours here and there.
You should be aware though that even though the immersion course has classes for 4 hours a day, you should probably treat it like a full time thing to get your moneys worth.
+ChineseIrish Yeah my other friends who went to Korea told me to just teach every sunday or something one on one. My goal has been to be pretty much immersed from day one in korea. I think I'm going to have to find something to help pay unfortunately if I want to stay there for at least a year. My parents won't help me and won't let me take out any loans for it so I'm pretty screwed for a bit. I'll figure something out. Thanks for the response!
so theres 5 levels in total? does this means they have 5 books altogether as well to complete the syllabus?
Anwar Rizalman There's 6 Korean proficiency levels. Nathan's doing level 6 now. At Sogang theres a level 7 too but that's mainly for cultural experiences (or so I'm told).
As for books, Sogang has two books per level, eg. Level 1A, Level 1B, as well as grammar books, workbooks and writing book. Level 6 only has one book though.
If you're planning on self studying, I wouldn't recommend the Sogang books. They have a lot of pages dedicated to explaining classroom activities and need teaches explanation too.
From your other videos it seems like you were studying for a few hours a day even at level 2. Have you had to increase the hours spent studying in level 3?
visconti From level 2 to level 3 yes, I need to study more. They say level 3 is the 'hardest' level in Sogang (I guess comparatively speaking based on the learning curve, there's a bit of a jump.) But my studying methods have also improved so between review, preview, homework and memorising, I'm trying to keep it 4 hours max. But I'm sure closer to the exams it'll be more.
But that's just me. Everyone's different. There are some girls in my class that only do an hour a day but they have a multilingual and/or Chinese backgrounds.