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Does Korea bring changes to your life?

April 21, 2012 by

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I once watched a Malaysian TV show, it told us about how Malaysian was infected by the Korean Wave. The most impress one was a housewife who really like 김현중. She could spend all day watch the drama. Then gradually, she started to use Korean product such as cosmetic and kitchen utensils. She just lived… [Read more…]

How to Write 한글

April 8, 2012 by

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The very first step of learning Korean is to learn 한글, the Korean alphabet. When i began to primary school, writing the letters in correct order was too important. My teacher was very strick about this issue. Even today i don’t know the difference between whether you  write the letters in correct order or not.… [Read more…]

Korean fonts and your proficiency

March 26, 2012 by

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Sounds like a strange title right? Not sure if you have the same experiences, but I feel that my ability to process Korean fonts has a positive correlation with my proficiency in Korean – or rather, the familiarity I have with 한글. When I first started learning Korean, I can only process one type of… [Read more…]

Back to School: My Korean Class in Korea

March 18, 2012 by

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This past week I’ve started Korean courses at the University of Ulsan. What have I gotten myself into? This is completely different for me. The last university language class I was in was Spanish (Actually that’s not true, it was an Italian opera class, but we didn’t learn Italian, we just watched Italian operas in class). And… [Read more…]

Running Man: Learning Korean Through Variety Shows

March 2, 2012 by

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Things that have recently been on my Korean radar. 러닝맨 (Running Man) 해를 품은 달 (The Moon Embracing the Sun) 닥치고 꽃미남 반드 (Shut Up! Flower Boy Band) Variety shows, such as Running Man, have recently been the forefront of my Korean self-study. If I had said I started watching variety shows for studying purposes… [Read more…]