I don’t think this is a super recent new function, which just goes to show how long I haven’t “study” Korean!
I’m very pleasantly surprised at how the KBS news site now has individual new clips with transcripts and also.. SUBTITLES.
This is totally a godsend for Korean learners!
News are often the hardest form of listening practice (personal opinion). Not only is the vocabulary used more difficult, the sentence structure can be more formal and even the intonation and tone is different from everyday conversations in dramas / variety shows.
Having the transcript below the clip was great but still it was rather difficult to keep scrolling up and down to look at both. But with the subs function, it’s perfect!!
I love how you can turn off the subs to practice listening and see how much you can absorb and later on turn on the sub to watch the clip for the 2nd time. (and then look at the transcript to learn new words / phrases)
When it comes to self-studying, one should get creative with resources and find different ways of using them! Besides the above method I shared, I would also use it to work on my intonation and pronunciation. Looking at the subs and seeing how it’s spoken in real time can help you better grasp the sounds and flow of Korean.
11 Comments
The Takoyaki Chapter
16 April, 2016 at 5:37 PMDidn’t know this! Fantastic thanks for sharing!
Hangukdrama
21 April, 2016 at 11:31 AMNo problem!
margie
20 April, 2016 at 11:54 AMCan I pls have the news link? Also, do you know of or where I can get k-drama that come with korean subs?
Hangukdrama
21 April, 2016 at 11:33 AMHi Margie! Sorry didn’t have time to edit the post so didn’t put the link there hahaha. http://news.kbs.co.kr/ (then go to 뉴스9 next to the social media buttons on the top right hand side)
Lauren
21 April, 2016 at 2:51 AMI also consider rap to be challenging and I found it really helpful in taking my korean to the next level. Rap has its own challenges since sometimes it’s fragmented Korean (lots of inference get to be done), slangy, has innuendo
Lauren
21 April, 2016 at 2:56 AMI also consider rap to be challenging and I found it really helpful in taking my korean to the next level. Rap has its own challenges since sometimes it’s fragmented Korean (lots of inference get to be done), slangy, has double or even meaning, knowledge of Korean things if it makes references to something, the “rhyming”, wordplay, and just plain listening comprehension with trying to catch what the person is saying . I personally have no interest in news regardless of the language… I feel like rap really forces me to adapt to Korean… It’s helped make my comprehension more “automatic” and bypass and translation or thinking processes because rap has its own flow and it can fast but most of all it sounds good and catch. The formal speak and sinokorean vocab you can gain from studying the news doesn’t interest. I honestly would rather just read or listen to japanese news because they actually use kanji. And for some reason I tend to be really picky with Korean newscasters voices. Most of them are like nails on the chalkboard for me . They really irritate me
Lauren
21 April, 2016 at 2:57 AMLol typing on my phone let to a lot of mistakes but I’m sure you can fill in the blanks
Hangukdrama
21 April, 2016 at 11:37 AMThat’s interesting! I agree that looking at those lyrics would help to understand and learn slangs or expressions that might not be seen in textbooks! But sometimes I just find the rap to be too fast to catch anything and they might slur over some of the words too >< hahaha I actually like Korean newscasters!
Lauren
23 April, 2016 at 8:39 AMI just find the rap to be too fast to catch anything and they might slur over some of the words too >< hahaha I actually like Korean newscasters!
This is exactly what I mean. I notice my ability to catch Korean rap had improved and that also helps me in understanding Korean in general since people can be lazy with talking with slurring and whatnot. I think there's a hip hop boom in Korea right now with Unpretty rapstar and show me the money and good Korean rap music that's being released.Just recently there's this ridiculous show called hip hop tribe (old women rapping) but maybe it will pan out better than I forsee it panning out.
Carl
27 April, 2016 at 9:15 PMI just noticed this very recently as well. YTN news also has transcripts for its short news clips on Youtube.
The KBS travel show channel 걸어서 세계속으로 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFw4M1BJYYdN1YtS8SzlDzg) also has transcripts in the description, and for some of the shows outside of Korea, there are even English translations. The audio is also much easier (and IMO, more interesting) than news.
Hangukdrama
27 April, 2016 at 11:47 PMoooh thanks for sharing! Didn’t know about the show, would check it out 😀