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Korean - homeschoolmom1 - 02-18-2019

This is just FYI: My son switched his foreign language interest from Japanese to Korean. Turns out that Korean is also much easier to learn. Who knew? I found Korean 101 and 102 at BYU, 4 cr each, $772.


RE: Korean - hsfamfun - 02-18-2019

Thanks for sharing. I had no idea that Korean was easier to learn.


RE: Korean - bjcheung77 - 02-18-2019

WOW, Interesting - BYU has so many language offerings!
Link: https://catalog.byu.edu/humanities/center-language-studies
Language Cert: https://languagecertificate.byu.edu/
Dual Language Immersion K-12 Teaching: https://catalog.byu.edu/humanities/center-language-studies/dual-language-immersion-k-12-teaching-minor
A Long Course list: Select center for language studies from this list - https://catalog.byu.edu/course-list/


RE: Korean - dfrecore - 02-18-2019

(02-18-2019, 06:17 AM)homeschoolmom1 Wrote: This is just FYI: My son switched his foreign language interest from Japanese to Korean. Turns out that Korean is also much easier to learn. Who knew? I found Korean 101 and 102 at BYU, 4 cr each, $772.

It really depends: if you want to learn reading/writing, Korean is supposed to be MUCH easier.  But speaking/pronunciation is supposed to be easier with Japanese (only 5 vowels).