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Originally Posted by NanteNa
Are you sure about that?
The Uni I'm to join in '11 doesn't require any Hanja for the time in Korea - neither does the one I looked up in Sheffield.
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But instead, learning Chinese characters (traditional) is recommended. Trust me, you'll use the Korean-English, Korean dictionaries more efficiently if you do understand Chinese characters. Most of the academic terms would be easier anyways.
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Originally Posted by TalnSG
The missing sounds do not seem as difficult for people to learn as those that are only slightly varied. I am often assisting with this for both sides of the dynamic (Koreans perfecting their English and Americans learning Korean). If there is a completely new sound it is usually picked up fairly quickly, given plenty of practice and examples. But the more subtle differences, such as emphasis on doubled consonants in Hangul and voiced/unvoiced/sliding TH in English can be serious obstacles.
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If we all learn IPA...