Language exchange
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Inspiration for getting the most out of your language exchange
Depending on your goals and the time you have available there may be several ways to have a productive language exchange. Since I’m currently meeting my LP several times a week I thought I’d share with you guys how we go about our meetings. First of all, we have decided to designate one day a…
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A spontaneous language exchange
I had another Korean language session yesterday. It wasn’t planned but one of my language partners texted me and asked if I had time to meet him after work. This rather spontaneous meeting turned out to be an extremely productive one indeed. I got the chance to explain a lot of practical stuff to him in Korean,…
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A gift from my LP
Yesterday was my last meeting with my LP before she goes back to Seoul. We spent two hours talking and agreed to meet up when I go back to Seoul in December. As a thank you gift for her excellent help with my Korean studies I had bought her a cute bracelet with daisies. In…
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Rusty Korean?
녹슬었을까봐 조금 걱정했어요. (I was afraid that my Korean had become too rusty.) I told this to my LP whom I was finally able to meet up with yesterday after a three-week hiatus due to various circumstances involving travel, changing schedules, and unplanned meetings. It was soooo nice to be able to speak Korean again, and she…
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Meeting my LP
Today I met with my language partner for the first time in three weeks, as she’s been traveling alone around Germany and Austria for two weeks. We met for two hours and it was probably the most productive language practice session I’ve ever had. Last time, we agreed that I should start practicing my writing…
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제 이름은 김소희…
I met with my language partner today and somehow we ended up talking about Korean names. I told her that I had gotten better at telling whether a Korean name belongs to a man or a woman but that I still make mistakes from time to time. That led us to the pronunciation of my…
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New language partner(s) – and my first compliment in Korean
“한국어 이렇게 잘 할 줄 몰랐어요” These encouraging words were uttered by my new language partner ^^ Yes, I finally managed to find a new language partner through facebook and yesterday was our first time to meet. She’s a super sweet Korean girl from Sogang University doing a one-semester exchange at the uni where I…
Sofie to Korea 