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When Barry Farber, famous polyglot and author of How to Learn Any Language, was asked, What�s the hardest language you've ever attacked? He replied,

[Homer]

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Thank you for the good news, Hari.
It's comforting to know that the difficulty is at the language's fault and not mine.

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[Cheonmunka]

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Homer, have I been an irresponsible language student?
I'm sorry.

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Professor 선생님 arrived at the 영어책나라 airport with the Miriam Ferguson Society English class. After going through baggage claim and customs, the professor and students boarded the shuttle bus and rode to the hotel, all the time happily talking about the exciting plane ride which they enjoyed and the exciting adventure which was in store for them.

The group disembarked at the hotel and checked in. They all practiced their hello's and thank you's on the hotel personnel.

After unpacking their suitcases, the class ventured to the park across the street. They met some friendly people who were enjoying a leisurely afternoon. Professor 선 stood in front of the class and said, "한 둘 셋 넷 . . .�



The English students and their friendly new acquaintances all introduced themselves. In response to the song, one of the new friends clasped her hands and said, "Oh, it is so much fun to learn new songs!" The group sang the song one more time, this time with their new friends joining in.

The visitors and their new acquaintances gathered around, some of them standing, some of them sitting on the grass, and some of them sitting on park benches. The class asked their new friends what food they liked. This precipitated a flurry of questions and answers. "Do you like pizza?" "Yes, I like pizza. Do you like hamburgers?" "Yes, I like hamburgers." "Me, too."

Miss 간호사 tried to start a conversation on the Four Food Groups, but had little luck. When no one was looking, she sneaked out and returned to the hotel.

One individual said, "What food do you eat in Korea?" One of the MFS members told the new friends about kimchi. One person clasped his hands and said, "Oh, I find it so interesting to learn about food from different countries!" Another person said, "Me, too."

Someone said, "All this talk about food made me hungry." Someone else said, "Me, too."

So they all took a walk to the nearest restaurant. Here the new friends saw still more people they knew. Professor 선 stood in front of the group and said, "시작 . . .�



They drew several tables together and immediately began chattering about brothers, sisters, aunts, and uncles. The waiter came to the table and the MSF members all practiced their English on the waiter.

음악자 spoke up. "I just noticed something: on measure 4, a dominant seventh chord on the tonic would sound nice, because it can be resolved to a subdominant chord on measure 5." Most of the people at the table frowned and said, "Huh?"

음악가 explained, "In the song we were just singing. If we had a piano, I could show you." This triggered a conversation of, "Do you play the piano?" "Yes, I play the piano. Do you play the violin?" "Oh, the violin is such a beautiful instrument! I just love the violin!" "Me, too."

음악가 got up from the table. "Could someone please cancel my order? I'm afraid I'd better turn in early tonight. It's--uh--the jet lag has gotten to me."

After dinner, the class received an invitation to a party that evening. A few hours later, the professor and the class, minus 간호사 and 음악가, boarded a taxi. They relished in their opportunity to practice English on the taxi driver.

The professor and students arrived at the party host's house and rang the doorbell. When the door opened, they saw people they recognized and people they didn't recognize. And that is very good, because you should make new friends and keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold.

The visitors were invited in. Professor 선 stood in front of the group and said, "One, two, three . . ."



After the usual pleasantries, several conversations started. While holding their punch glasses and cookies, everyone clustered into groups and said, "I have blue eyes. Suzie has brown eyes." "You have brown hair. We both have brown hair." "I have two hands. I have two feet." "Me, too."

Mr. 김음란 asked, "Aren't you forgetting something?"

The hum of conversation stopped. Everyone looked at Mr. 김 with a puzzled frown. "Like what?" one of them said. 김 timidly explained with a hand gesture.
That only increased the puzzlement. 김 said, "Come on, now. I know you have something right here." 김 made the gesture again.

Someone said, "Like what?" A few party guests pulled down their pants,hoping for an explanation. Sure enough, there was nothing there.

An MFS member, who was as puzzled as anyone else, asked, "How do you have sex?"

Another voice asked, "Sex? What's that?"

Another MFS member tried another approach. "How do you reproduce?"

Came another answer. "Reproduce? Oh--we don't have to. We are created by the English textbook authors."

Professor 선 edged toward the door. "We really must be going."

The students quickly followed suit. The entire group left the party, heedless of pleadings of "But you just got here!" "The night is just a pup!"

The following year, the class took a field trip to the inner city ghetto.

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