안녕하세요 여러분!
Today I am doing a video about how I take notes in Korean.
So here we have my grammar notebook which is the one that I am pointing at, it is the
blue one, with all the stickers on it.
In here, I take notes, of course, about grammar, from resources such as Talk to me in Korean,
Korean Grammar in Use, and Korean from Zero.
So, anything that has to do with grammar, such as sentence structure, or conjugations,
I put in this notebook (also phrases).
And then here we have my vocabulary notebook, which is the black one that of course I put
vocabulary in.
Things such as like foods, colors, I put those in there along with their definitions.
So, I also take notes in my Talk to me in Korean Workbooks, I have 3, level 1, level
2, and level 3.
I am currently on level 2 but if I am going through a lesson and I'm working in my workbook,
if I find something that I actually need, I'll just write them in the workbook itself,
along with m grammar and vocabulary notebooks.So let's take a look inside my grammar notebook!
In here I have the first thing, which is a writing practice, this one is SUPER old, so
don't mind my handwriting but, I have that one, and usually those are just song lyrics.
My sentence structure notes from Korean Grammar in Use, conjugations, connecting sentences,
and then, also sentence types, these all are from Korean Grammar in Use.
And then, more writing practice, my language trip, that I am planning, my present progressive
notes from Talk to me in Korean, and usually I just write it all, and I have a color coding
system for my notes, which you can see with the highlighters, and I'll go over that in
the next part of the video.
So now, let's do a page together.
Here is a blank page that I'm going to start writing notes from Talk to me in Korean on.
So, the first thing I do is write the date.
When I wrote this, I had just learned the dates in Korean so it is completely wrong,
it's supposed to say 이천십칠년 십일월 이십이일 수요일.
And then I write the title, highlight it in purple, and then write the Korean title underneath
the English title.
So these notes are from Talk to me in Korean.com, specifically from their PDF lesson on Self
Introduction.
So, when I'm writing notes from a PDF file or from a book, I will usually shorten the
information because a lot of it is repetitive, and I already get it by the time.
Or, if I really don't get something, I will write it verbatim and try to figure it out
that way.
So here I am writing a kind of topic in red, something that is very important, that's what
I do usually, and, for this specific set of notes, I was writing the different sentence
type/sentence structure, that is very useful in self introduction.
So, in this set of notes specifically, there was a lot of good examples and a lot of good
vocabulary, and I find when I'm writing a bunch of examples and vocabulary all at one
time, I really like to write the Korean first and then go back and write the English.
So, for example, in the first set of phrases, the first one is 저는 학생이에요.
So, I will write 저는학생이에요, and then I will write the next 6 Korean phrases
after that.
And then I'll go back up and write the English definition from memory.
So, 저는 학생이에요, I can gather 저는 means I, 학생 means student, and 이에요
is is, so I can say "I am a student".
Not only does this help me with vocabulary and memorization, but, also sentence structure,
particles, and verb conjugations as well.
And I also repeat these sentences to myself as I'm writing them in English just so I can
connect them a little bit more, I really recommend this if you by yourself studying because it
helps you with vocabulary and pronunciations.
And then I will repeat what I just did with the next 2 examples.
So here you can see me placing a sticky note on my notes.
I do that a lot when I'm taking notes.
I just think that sticky notes make my notes look more interesting and they add a lot of
color and cuteness, because I have cute Gudetama sticky notes.
But, also, they have a practical use as well.
For example, if I'm flipping through my notebook and I really want to review self-introduction,
I will write on my sticky note something that I think that I should remember ore that I
might forget later on.
And, I can review it really quickly that way because it's just in my face, a sticky note
instead of having all the information on the notes.
So, for example, on this sticky note, I wrote the literal definitions of some of the examples
in set 2.
For example, 저는 여동생이 있어요 means "I have a younger sister" and, literally
it means "As for me, a younger sister exists."
Which, this us one of the fundamental differences between Korean and English.
So, if I want to remember that grammar between these 있어요 and 없어요 are different,
I can see it very clearly on the sticky note.
So, let's get to highlighting.
The highlighting system for my notebook is all the same, I use the same colors for everything,
so I use this grey to highlight any broad topics, so, for example, examples, topic greetings,
and sample dialogue are the ones here.
Then I use pink to highlight anything that I think is important and that is the statement
on the top of this only, and then I use blue to highlight any vocabulary that I think that
I would like to remember, and that is important to me.
So, here we have my vocabulary notebook, it's pretty plain, I just have my Korean words
listed on one side, and then the English definitions listed on the other.
So, I always start my notes off with a title, this one is "cooking", I got these words from
the Talk to me in Korean flashcard set, that is an E-Book.
And then after I write the Korean title on the side.
So this is a HUGE set of words and instead of doing my normal write the Korean and then
go back and write the English word, I decided that I'm just going to write the Korean word
and then write the English word right next to it, and I did this for the rest of the
set of words.
Also, as I write the words, I say them out loud to myself just so I have an idea of what
they sound like while I write.
So I highlight the title in blue, and then I use grey to highlight any words that I know
that I'm going to have problems with or that I already have problems with, just so I know
that I need to take extra care in reviewing those words.
So yes, this is the way I take notes!
I really hope that you enjoyed this video, and that it was helpful to some of you, you
don't have to take notes the way that I take notes, but, if you don't have a notebook and
you are learning Korean, or any language, I really recommend getting yourself one, because
doing my notebook, along with listening to the podcasts, and doing my workbook, really
helps me retain a WHOLE lot more information, and I do this on an everyday basis!
So, if you have any more questions about how I take notes, please leave them down below,
I will be sure to answer them, and, yes! 사랑해! 감사합니다, 안녕히개세요!
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