Studying Korean

I am nervous about whether or not, at this later stage of life, I can actually learn a language like Korean. I started out just listening to subtitled dramas on TV and studying what I could on the Internet; then I found Adroit College. This is a private language school in Milpitas; classes are small (about 5-8 students per class) and run for 3 hours one night each week for each 10-week quarter. So far I've taken these classes:

• Beginning Korean 1: I didn't actually take this class, but got private tutoring at the school to learn this material so I could join the next class the following term.
• Beginning Korean 2: I took this class once. (If you look real close at the Winter 2008 graduation picture pictured above you can see me sitting in the front row, third from right, with my Beginning Korean 2 graduation certificate in hand.)
• Beginning Korean 3: I took this class 3 times! This was the first class where the teacher spoke primarily Korean in the class. Wow.
• Advanced Beginning Korean 1: I've taken this class 2 times - just finished my second try at it.

As you can see, it's not going really fast. In addition to these classes, I took two quarters of Korean at De Anza College: Beginning Korean 1 and 2. Korean is hard!

This week I will start the Advanced Beginning 2 class. While taking this summer session I hope to get more serious about analyzing learning methods and strategies and making progress and what works best and so on.