I am currently having problems differentiating between non-aspirated, aspirated and double consonant sounds in spoken Korean (I have problems recognising them and pronouncing them). I'm aware of the rules (aspirated consonants have a slightly more stressed sound and a puff of air should leave the mouth when they're being said; double consonants should have a more stressed sound and should always sound like the single consonant in the middle of a word (i.e. ㄲ should sound like a stressed 'g'), with the exception of ㅆ, which has a longer hiss than ㅅ).
How do I overcome this? Is there any special method, or do I just listen to enough words (seeing the written words, of course), making sure to change my pronounciation to be similar to theirs and, eventually, this problem will disappear (or similar to this, but with individual sounds)? Roughly how long will this take to learn (I know that putting more time into it would make it quicker to learn, but is it possible to give a number for this)? I am beginning to recognise the difference, but I not very good at it, nor am I good at pronounciation. Maybe I am being a little bit impatient (I am new to this an I'm fully aware that this doesn't come easily to those whose native language is English)?
Thanks for your time!
