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Dreaming in Korean
I love to ask bilingual people this question: “Which language do you dream in?” Since our dreams are determined by our subconscious mind they are in many ways a true reflection of the exposure we get to a certain language. I came to think about this yesterday, when I woke up from a dream in Korean.…
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My best Korean book purchase yet: A review of TTMIK’s “News in Korean”
Regular readers of my blog will be fully aware that I’m a HUGE fan of TTMIK and all the awesome materials that they make available to us – mostly for free! As a long-time subscriber to their service “News in Korean” where you received 6 short articles every week complete with full study notes, vocabulary lists…
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Test day in Korea
Today marks the day of the annual college entrance exam, 대학수학능력시험 or just 수능, in Korea. All over the country high school students are taking the Korean equivalent of the SAT. This test plays an important part in determining the academic future of the students and consequently it’s a much feared event. Several students take the…
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Specialized Korean vocabulary: International politics
Today is “video day” according to my schedule with my LP. This means that we each select a video, TEDtalk or 세바시, to watch together followed by a discussion on the topics covered in the video. To maximize our learning and retention of the newly acquired vocabulary we also write an essay on the topic for our meeting the next…
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Making your Korean come alive
I spent this weekend studying with the awesome book called 유행어보다 재치있는 우리 100대 속담. This is a Korean children’s book with 100 short chapters each explaining the background story and use of a certain proverb. There are many reasons why I enjoy this book. The first and obvious one is that I become more familiar…
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Do you believe in destiny?
I recently learned a very beautiful Korean proverb: “옷깃만 스쳐도 인연이다” This roughly means that even though you just quickly brush by other people, they will somehow become part of your destiny. I honestly never used to believe in destiny, and I still don’t think that I do. However, I do believe that we may shape…
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Specialized Korean vocabulary: Economics
Now that my speech contest is over I once more have time to actually study Korean. Oh, how I missed it! Not that I didn’t study over the past few weeks. But to once more be able to consume limitless amounts of Korean content without (at least for a while) worrying about pronunciation, intonation, and…
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Stills released for new historical drama “Saimdang”
After several movie adventures overseas (China) Song Seung Heon is once again returning to the small (Korean) screen as the fictional love interest of Korean icon Sin Saimdang portrayed by the beautiful Lee Young Ae. For those of you unfamiliar with this Korean legend: here’s a brief intro kindly borrowed from this awesome site: 신사임당은…
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And the winner is…
Friday was the day of my biggest Korean challenge thus far: The annual Korean speech contest organized by the Korean Embassy. I had been rehearsing like crazy for over a month, almost to the point where the words in my speech no longer made any sense to me. But hard work pays off and I ended…
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Finding yourself in Korean
I’m a huge fan of the Korean version of TED talks, 세바시. Not only because these 15-minute youtube videos are excellent material for listening practice, but especially because I always feel that I learn so much more than “just” Korean. This post is inspired by a talk I have found particularly inspiring: 나다움을 찾아야 내 다음이 보인다…
Sofie to Korea 