幾耐可以學好韓文去溝通?

Normally, if you take a course in school, just as what you said, 2 hours per week, you would be able to have simple talk with Koreans in about 3 months. My experience tells that normally, when someone learns Korean for 3 to 6 months, they would be able to travel to Korea alone, with no problem in shopping, ordering food in restaurants and asking for directions, etc. Of course, it also depends on whether you have understood everything during the class and whether you have revised at home.

But, if you want to talk to Koreans freely and more fluently, such as chatting, discussing topical issues, you may need to take about 1 - 2 years' time. Further, if you aim at handling business matters in Korean, or even perform Korean translation, it might take you several years, maybe at least 3 or 4 years or above. It is because in business situation, everything is much more formal. But in daily conversation, Koreans would not mind if you do not speak 100% correct Korean (e.g. grammtically wrong or failure to use respect form to seniors, etc.), for they know you are foreigners. Only if they know what you mean, that's fine.

So, if what you aim at is to communicate with Koreans, that means you want to have better conversation ability. I would suggest the following two schools to you, for they have small classes (4-8 people) and much emphasis is put on conversation practice:

1. Hee Sung Korean Language School (http://www.hs_korean.com.hk)
I'm studying here and the teacher, Ms Kim, is a Korean who can speaks fluent Cantonese. She is a very experienced and nice teacher, and you would learn a lot from her. I have made great progress there.

2. Korean Language Education Center (http://www.klec.com.hk)
Before studying at Hee Sung, I have also studied here. The teachers are all Koreans, and some of them can speak fluent Cantonese. Even if they can't speak Cantonese, they can speak fluent English or Putonghua. This is also a very good school. I change to Hee Sung just because Hee Sung's individual class is less expensive than KLEC.

Both schools would help you much if you want to have good communciation ability. Before I studied in these two schools, I have also studied in University's 校外進修課程, but since they are large classes, there is little chance for oral practice. Although course fees in universities are less expensive than the above two schools, that reflects the difference between large and small classes. Of course, if you aim at learning grammars instead of good conversation ability, you may consider CUHK, for they emphasize on grammar, and the courses offered are very systematic.

I hope the above can help you.

2007-09-05 14:32:00 補充：
Korean pronunciation is difficult, u would be easily frustrated in self study. U can learn colloquial expressions from ur teacher which u can't learn it from books on yourself. I know someone learns Korean by self-study, who are good at grammar speak strangely.

2007-09-05 14:34:52 補充：
U can also make friends with志同道合 in class. Reading books should be supplementary only. So, I highly recommend that learning Korean at school rather than self-study, if money is not the most important concern.

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