Motivation
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Language tag
First of all thank you to fellow polyglot and awesome blogger Maria from Dedidated Polyglot for tagging me in this language tag. I’ll get right to answering the questions and hope you may find this post interesting. What would you consider your native language? Danish is my native language. It’s the language spoken in my…
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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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Uhmm… what’s it called… uh… dealing with Korean speaking paralysis
Once more I’m in the lucky position of having real Korean tutors in my life, and not only do I have one – I actually have three, which really comes in handy in cases where two people end up cancelling. Anyway, I’ve had four face-to-face sessions over the past few weeks and I really enjoy…
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My Korean week
So…. Easter break is officially over, and I’m back at work (currently spending my coffee break writing this post feeling that I deserve a break given that I was teaching the earliest class of the day right after a week of vacation).^^ It has been one of my most productive weeks (Korean-wise) in a very long…
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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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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 me thinking about what we self-learners can do not to lose our interest, drive, and motivation. I’ve been studying Korean on my own for 6…
Sofie to Korea 