Hi, when learning Korean with memrise and the system asks you to “Type the Korean…”, does the system expect us to type the phonetics of the word (ie: write how it sounds using the English alphabet) or the actual Korean characters?
I’ve tried with both approaches and they both seem to work. My problem started once when the system did not want to accept the phonetics to a certain word, so i copy and pasted the korean characters for that word and it worked. That made me think, maybe i should start typing the korean characters every time i read “Type the Korean…”. If this is the case, well i need a Korean keyboard. Are you guys using a Korean keyboard? Maybe a virtual one?
Behind every course there is a database that has form of a table. Every column is a different kind of field ex. English, Korean. And every row is a different item.
In “Type the Korean…” the Korean is the name of the column.
It is just very poor design to put phonetics and Korean alphabet into the same column without indicating it to the user during testing. And it is even worse to create items that have the same English part and different Korean parts (one item is in the Korean alphabet and the other is one romanized). The user has no way of knowing which to type, and getting the anser right is just a matter of luck.
Keyboard as a device is internationalized. To type in Korean you need to “add a Korean keyboard” to you system. And then you can easily switch between different languages.
Hey there Rodyzi, thank you very much for taking your time and replying both my threads. You’ve been very helpful.
Yes, i completely agree. I have to stop learning romanization. This is a vice i’ve picked up early on and it’s about time i kill it by learning how to properly type in Korean.
I’ve tried using a virtual keyboard but typing with the mouse is slow and i fail all the time-based tests. I will try adding the Korean language to my current windows keyboard, but i am afraid i don’t have the korean characters in the keys. I guess my best bet would be to buy a physical korean keyboard and not a virtual one.
I’m not currently learning Korean, but I learned the alphabet and about 15 words last spring.
I changed my computer’s keyboard to Korean. Macs have an option called, “Show Keyboard Viewer,” that puts a small keyboard on your screen. (Windows computers probably have something similar…)** I moved the Keyboard Viewer window to the bottom right corner where it was (mostly) out of the way, and typed in Korean while looking at the Keyboard Viewer. It only took a few days before I knew where all the common keys were.
I experimented with two Korean keyboards: one called 2-set Korean, and another called 3-set Korean. I think I eventually decided that the 3-set Korean was better, but now I don’t remember why…
** If there isn’t a keyboard viewer for Windows, you can take a screenshot or find a JPG of the Korean keyboard layout you’re using, and then paste it into the corner of a larger graphics file that you use as your desktop background.
Very cheap (unless shipping is expensive to your country), easy to set up and pretty useful.
I use 2-set Korean, but also, don’t remember why exactly (compared to 3-set Korean). It has a small learning curve.
If you want even shorter learning curve (and no need for stickers in such case), you could also use HNC Romaja (almost one to one correspondence with romanization) but I’d advice against it as some letter combinations are more cumbersome to type than with 2-set Korean.