Korean International Students...a perspective It seems that living in a country does not guarantee that you will learn the language. Based on my personal experiences with young Korean international students that come to the US, everyone seems to leave with drastically different experiences. Few come here and study hard. They discipline themselves to speak only English and are very successful. Others. do improve their English, but considering the time that they lived in US (4 years), the improvements are not significant. When ask why their English haven't improved, they respond by saying that they spent too much time with their Korean friends. So there was very little chance to improve their speaking. Just wanted to get some thoughts on this. Sometimes I wonder if they came here to study or party. I know that it is very difficult, but I know that they do not study other than the school assignments. I hope that when I go to Korea, I'll stay away from partying too much. I'll just indulge in the food! YUMM!!!! Any ideas on how to improve Korean while living there?