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I'm a Danish girl living in Korea teaching economics at Sogang economics. When I'm not working I love to learn Korean, discover this beautiful country, read and blog about my experiences and thoughts. Follow me at www.sofietokorea.com :)

TOPIK 0

Musings on the TOPIK, goal setting, and my most recent book haul…

As I’ve seen my Korean language skills develop, I’ve started gradually playing with the idea of signing up for the TOPIK. I’m convinced that I’d be able to pass the […]

By 소희 Posted on March 1, 2015

Hallyu 0

Korean beauty products (… and how you’ll never want to use anything else after you’ve tried’em!)

I promised you that this blog would include the occasional non-language related post. So here’s a piece on Korean beauty products – a strong passion of mine ^^ When I was in […]

By 소희 Posted on February 27, 2015

Korea 0

한국에 가고 싶어요 (I want to go to Korea)

Ever had the experience of feeling homesick for something that is not your home? Then you know exactly how I’m feeling at the moment. Lately I find myself longing for […]

By 소희 Posted on February 26, 2015

Study methods 0

Let’s play the shadow game!

Recently I’ve been struggling with my Korean listening skills. Whenever I would stumble across a Korean variety show on youtube or watch unsubbed interviews with K-stars I realized how much […]

By 소희 Posted on February 24, 2015

Hanja 0

Learning Korean through K-pop with IU and Song Seung Heon

I recently stumbled across a super cute song by Korean singer IU (아이유) called 금요일에 만나요  (let’s meet Friday). The tune is really catchy and I currently find myself humming along to […]

By 소희 Posted on February 23, 2015

Books 8

Tackling Korean through hanja!

So, I recently bought a great book that I’ve been meaning to buy for ages. It’s called “Useful Chinese characters for learners of Korean”, and claims the following on the […]

By 소희 Posted on February 15, 2015

Speaking Korean 0

A chance to speak Korean…

How often do you get a chance to speak Korean? Not often if you live in Denmark. Although the Danish universities attract a fair number of foreign students every year, […]

By 소희 Posted on February 3, 2015

Language learning 5

How to have fun while learning Korean

어차피 해야 되는 거니까, 재미있게 해요! I love this sentence. It is originally a sample sentence from level 6 lesson 7 of TTMIK’s (www.talktomeinkorean.com) grammar podcasts. I find that this […]

By 소희 Posted on January 19, 2015

Motivation 3

It’s easy to give up when you’re studying alone (혼자 공부하면 포기하기 쉬워요…)

The above sentence was actually a sample sentence from my super awesome “Weekly Korean Vocabulary book” published by my language gurus at http://www.talktomeinkorean.com (see bottom of post). Nonetheless, it got […]

By 소희 Posted on January 14, 2015

Language learning 8

How fast can you really learn a language?

In my eager to become fluent in Korean the above question has puzzled me for a while. Over the years I’ve learned a great deal of foreign languages, but never […]

By 소희 Posted on January 12, 2015

Welcome 0

All good things come from Korea

Here’s a list of a few things from Korea that I absolutely adore: K-dramas K-pop BB creams Skin care Hangeul Kimchi Beautiful people So, you may ask yourself: “who’s writing […]

By 소희 Posted on January 7, 2015

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