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My secret single behavior (and how it turned Korean)
Do you remember the episode of Sex and the City where the girls talk about their secret single behaviors (a behavioral pattern, which only emerges when they are completely and utterly alone)? This evening, my husband had to meet a friend for dinner and I had a little alone time, which happens almost never, as my husband works from…
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Korean motivation: 아직 할 줄 몰라요. 그런데 할 수 있어요.
The headline is taken from a sample sentence from Talk To Me In Korean grammar lessons. It roughly translates as “I don’t know yet how to do it, but I know I can do it.” It’s taken me quite a while to learn to live by those words, although I’ve always found them to be true.…
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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 Basic level, so in order to give myself a real challenge I’m considering the Intermediate level. From what I read on other Korean learning blogs,…
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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 Seoul I was struck by how many cosmetics stores they had lined up along all the major shopping streets in central Seoul, Gangnam, and well……
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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 everything Korean, the food, the people, the streets and alleys, the atmosphere the Korean 정 (a special kind of Korean love – see video at the…
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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 I lacked in terms of listening comprehension. Sigh… What to do? I realized that the problem wasn’t that I didn’t understand the words, as my…
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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 it all day long ^^ Anyway, if you’re a beginner learner of Korean the song is an excellent chance to review the weekdays as the…
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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 front cover: Learning Korean is easier when you know Chinese characters! Learn frequenly used Chinese characters in Korean! Enhance Korean vocabulary by using words written…
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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, the Korean students are few and far between. Nonetheless, yesterday as I was teaching statistics (which I do as a temporary part time job) I…
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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 sentence pretty much sums up my learning philosophy: If you have to do something, you may as well have fun in the process. Of course…
Sofie to Korea 