10:43 12 Minute Rant: KIIP and everything

I just have to let this out of my system before I get to start my proper studying.

First, I skipped class today mainly because of that damn spelling test. I really don't understand why we have to do that if it isn't part of the test. Maybe for the pronunciation? We were told that it's for the vocabulary. Pardon me but if we're testing for vocabulary, spelling test is not the way to do it. If that spelling test will come out as pronunciation part in the level test, then maybe. But that, again, should be more on the listening part: sound discrimination or something akin to that. Please don't give me the crap that it's for vocabulary.

Second, it's just frustrating to try to study and learn my husband's language. I can say that he does help me usually but the least and easiest way for him to do so is simply just speak Korean at home. I'm not saying all the time especially the crucial things where details are very important. It's just basically being able for me as a learner to hear more of the language and how it's used. The thing is not only that I hear English from him most of the time, I also hear other languages like Chinese, Spanish and French sometimes when he's studying. Why can't he do those other languages when I'm out of earshot? I need to hear and immerse myself with a lot of Korean so it the sounds and words would be familiar for me.We've been doing English for a long time and I think that it's my turn to be immersed and learn Korean.

One minute left. Going back to the KIIP. I really wonder how they run this program. Anyway, the book is like Korean grammar squeezed in all together. I'm surviving the grammar part with the use of Korean Grammar in Use book alongside, as well as vocab translations and explanations from my hubby.

Now for a more constructive way to end this post...I've googled about KIIP again and it came out with interesting results compared with the ones I found a few months ago.

TO note the sites...here are the links:
waygook forums:
main: http://www.waygook.org/index.php?action=search2

http://www.waygook.org/index.php/topic,66873.msg497854.html#msg497854

http://www.waygook.org/index.php/topic,79900.msg503955.html#msg503955

TOPIK practice test
http://www.naldaramjui.com/TOPIK

KIIP practice test
http://www.waygook.org/index.php/topic,80560.0.html

KIIP Notes from blogger chase
http://chasingatale.blogspot.kr/2013/09/kiip-intermediate-1-grammar-cheat-sheet.html


KLEC
http://klec.cuk.ac.kr/eng/course/course_03.html