Monthly Archives: March 2014
Learning a language for cultural exchange
Learning a different language, Yi said, should be about acquiring a skill to communicate with people from different cultures and understand their way of thinking. quote from Koreans Learning English Incorrectly Article in Korea Times 2014-03-26 No offense intended to … Continue reading
I want a gold star
I know what is missing from my self-study of Korean. Gold stars. I want those little bits of encouragement and feedback. I want someone who tracks my progress. Visiting the website Teacher’s Paradise, I had the sudden urge to buy … Continue reading
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Tagged Hangul, Interpals, 한글, Korean Books, Korean Language, learning, play, Tutor
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Typing in Korean
I want to get to the point where I can type in Korean on my keyboard. Pardon my ramblings about it.
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It’s music, not learning
Hangul, Hangul everywhere. Today’s challenge: importing music from my ITunes library to Amazon Cloud Player so I can play on my Samsung Android phone. Turns out, I have something like 1500 songs in ITunes, and Amazon Cloud Player is only … Continue reading
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Tagged Hangul, 한글, Korean Language, music, sing
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Open Thread is here!
Check out my post for Today’s Dramabeans Open Thread on the OT page https://jreidy17.wordpress.com/ot/ If you are a drama fan and haven’t seen Dramabeans yet, do drop by for a visit with a great group of Korean drama addicts. 🙂
Google Translate – a crash course
Have you used Google’s translation tools? Essentially, there are four tools 1. Google Translate extension to web browser for translating a web page. 2. Google Translate for automated translation of text. 3. Google Translator Toolkit for translation with human intervention. … Continue reading
Posted in Dramabeans, Interpals, Korean
Tagged dictionary, Hangul, Interpals, 한글, Korean Language, learning, poetry
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Kouksundo & Poem about Sprouts
A Korean pen pal is practices Kouksundo 국선도. I had never heard of it, but I did practice Tai Chi for many years before I started taking Taekwondo. Read more about Kouksundo at their website. One of the meditation poems … Continue reading
Battling Dragons: Technology and I are not on speaking terms
I refer to struggling with tech problems as battling dragons. I first started with computers in 1981 on punch cards before we even had computer screens. I was a computer programmer. I loved spending endless hours hunched over coding. I … Continue reading
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Twitter poetry on Shukie’s Birthday
Big hugs to JoAnne and Shukie. I love you guys! 생일 축하합니다. Happy Birthday. Beanie Besties, never fake Laugh until your sides ache Snort if some say a mistake To rate kisses, showers take Mock, lampoon, deride, and sneer Chortle, chuckle, cackle, … Continue reading
Confession: I think I need to start studying
I don’t expect to get many things right as I try to speak or write a little Korean. I am trying to nurture a supportive environment for myself. I have come to understand that my earlier attempts to learn language … Continue reading
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Tagged dictionary, Hangul, Interpals, 한글, Korean Books, Korean Language, sing, Tutor
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Poem: A pleasant letter by hwangdonggyu
One of my Korean drama loving ajumma 아줌마 pen pals sent me a translation of her favorite poem “A Pleasant Letter” (즐거운 편지) by Hwangdonggyu -황동규 It may be a trivial thing as the sun sets and the wind rises you … Continue reading
Disappearing subtitles
There is a tool called the Foreign Language Text Reader. I read about it on Korean Vitamin’s blog. Basically, you tell the program the vocabulary you know, and when you load in the foreign language article, it color codes the … Continue reading
Cultural Exchange: Drums
Sharing our love for music, I play guitar, and my pen pal plays Korean drums. Here is a link to a concert of Korean drums 사물놀이미르 Samulnori. From Naver: Samulnori is music played on the four basic Korean percussion instruments: ggoenggwari … Continue reading
Berkshire Taekwondo
My first taste of a little Korean was taking a class of Taekwondo with friends. My instructor Mr. Hughes appeared in a local news article about his Berkshire School of Tae Kwon Do is marking its 30th year. You can … Continue reading
She tries a sentence … learns a particle
Still attempting to get to the point where I can write a sentence, I tried to say I am learning from chulmoon. 저는 문철씨 배우고 싶어요. (attempt) Correction from chulmoon: ‘저는 문철씨 한테 배우고 싶어요.’ is better than above. ‘~한테’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Hangul, Interpals, 한글, Korean Language, learning, Tutor
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