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How to become a better Korean conversation partner
I often feel that my Korean skills develop rather asymmetrically. For instance, I feel my listening comprehension has increased quite a bit recently, while I still feel that my writing skills are lacking. A while ago I started feeling more confident when talking, while I felt that my ability to give feedback in a Korean…
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Song Seung Heon is dating (…a girl who now needs to learn Korean)
Since this is indeed a mixed language and Hallyu blog, readers will have to put up with yet another post about all-time Hallyu star Song Seung Heon. News broke yesterday that the eternal bachelor had initiated a relationship with the much hyped Chinese actress, Liu Yifei. This instantly caused surprise and cheer online, and I must…
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A helping hand for TOPIK 쓰기
My summer vacation is over, but I found this list in my draft folder, and decided to share it with you. I’ve been working on this list over the summer as a collection of useful expressions to learn and use when writing in Korean. They are not particularly advanced, but they are standard expressions, safe for using…
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Video post: My first interview in Korean
Last Sunday marked my one year anniversary with Korean. I cannot believe it’s already been a year. In some ways I feel like I’ve just started, and in other ways it feels like I’ve been studying it my entire life. Kindly invited by Jeremy from MotivateKorean, I celebrated my 한국어 기념일 by appearing on his awesome youtube channel…
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No English, please
After having seen a super cool TED talk with two guys setting out to learn 4 (four!) languages in 1 (one!) year by using absolutely no English I was really intrigued. They succeeded in reaching a decent conversation level in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and Korean in just one year by sticking to the strict but…
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Going back to Seoul (…in a few months)
So here in the middle of summer, winter is far away and I shouldn’t really be longing for frost and snow, and significantly fewer hours of daylight. Nonetheless, this is EXACTLY what I am doing at the moment. Because when winter comes, I’m going back to Seoul!!! My husband and I are going to spend two…
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Re-entering Dramaland
Aside from lots of time for cramming Korean I have a lot of drama watching time on my hands these days. It took me less than five days to finish off the melodrama 유혹 (Temptation) with hallyu veterans Choi Ji Woo and Kwon Sang Woo. I first saw them in 천국의 계단 (Stairway to heaven)…
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Thank you for the nomination!
A few days ago Kristy was so kind to nominate me for the Liebster award. It’s only been about six months since I started blogging so I’m obviously very flattered. Thank you Kristy 🙂 I’ve agreed to answer a few questions about myself, which I’m more than happy to do 🙂 Do you have a bias?…
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걱정하지 마세요… I’ve got a plan
I’ve entered full vacation mode which in my case translates into full-time Korean studies. I was set back after a minor bout of food poisoning keeping me tied to the bed with a bucket safely within reach for three days after coming back home. I lacked the strength and energy to read anything, let alone…
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Government officials and Hallyu: The art of networking
My world economic conference is over and I’ve had the opportunity to speak to a bunch of interesting people. Yesterday I was late for the official luncheon so I just sat down at the nearest empty seat and politely introduced myself to the gentleman next to me. “Hello, I’m Sofie an assistant prof from Denmark,…
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