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Before attempting to learn Korean you should assess how far you want to take it and set a goal. Do you want to:

☐ Learn enough to visit overseas
☐ Learn to become friends with native speakers
☐ Learn to have a job/own a business overseas

Now that you know what level you are seeking, what level are you at now?

☐ Beginner
☐ Some vocabulary and grammar
☐ Moderate vocabulary and/or good grammar
☐ Large vocabulary and/or excellent grammar
☐ Advanced learner

Take into consideration that it will take some time to master Korean. How much time are you willing to spend every day?

☐ five to fifteen minutes
☐ half an hour
☐ an hour
☐ multiple times a day for short intervals
☐ multiple times a day for moderate intervals
☐ multiple times a day for long intervals

It is great to know how much you want to learn and how much you are willing to put into learning the language. Reevaluate your goals and how they match up with the other questions. One last thing, how long do you want to be learning the language before you get to your goal?

☐ a short time
☐ half a year
☐ a year

Use this information to create a day to day study plan.

Always start with the basic greetings. They will help you get into the culture and language easily and you'll be able to recognize them more often because of their common use! I suggest you fill out a page that looks like this:

Start! Basic Greetings:
☐ Hello
☐ Goodbye
☐ Good Morning
☐ Good Afternoon
☐ Good Evening

Next create a list of everyday phrases:

Everyday Phrases:
☐ How are you?
☐ I am good.
☐ Excuse me
☐ Sorry
☐ Thank you
☐ You're Welcome
☐ Yes
☐ No

Then it's time to introduce yourself. Have fun! Create a profile and deck it out it'll help you remember by attaching other senses to the information.

About Me:
☐ What is your name?
☐ My name is.../I am...
☐ Where are you from?
☐ I am from...
☐ What nationality are you?
☐ I am...
☐ It's nice to meet you

These will be important to remember as people are always going to want to know how to address you, but in Korea there are some other things they want to know too:

☐ Are you single/married?
☐ How old are you?
☐ What is your blood type?

These questions are part of the culture and if you don't know why you should watch some more videos just to better understand why someone would ask you that.