Korean Job Discussion Forums

[bjonothan]

Thanks for the ideas everyone.
I hope to have the site fully functional in the next week or so.
There was so much work involved in getting it up and running.
There will be a lot of free material that you can access when you need it.
And, as mentioned before, there is a lot more to come.
If you register, which takes a minute of your time, you will get more.
Registering gives you access to some of the Ausesl.com material.
The material is perfect for people doing 1 on 1 classes.
We are also looking for people in their home countries to teach as well.
As long as you have internet access, we can supply all the material.
If you are interested, PM me.
Thanks again.

[Young FRANKenstein]

- Many examples of direct translation "I eat aspirin"

- embarassed vs ashamed vs shy

- Someone already mentioned articles, but there is also serious problems with prepositions, too, to whit: "What did you do this weekend?" "Nothing. I just stayed home and played with myself."

[davai!]

My students constantly use the wrong pronouns, he and she being misused the most.

[Chris Kwon]

Some other common ones:

Adding "e" sound to the end of "ch" sounds.. for example lunch = lunchee. Korean doesn't allow you to end 'ch' sound without a vowel, so my theory on why this happens.

Making all f sounds into p sounds, v sounds into b sounds, z into j sound. Obvious why this happens

There's more but I can't remember off the top of my head

[PRagic]

There are a ton of cheap books out there that gift wrap this topic. Why reinvent the wheel?

[Hanson]

My condition is not good.

The movie was impression.

I have a promise.

I was difficult to do homework.

Almost people enjoy sports.

All people didn't go to there.

I got up lately today.

I played with my friends. (coming from an adult)

I played swimming.

Putting the verb "to be" everywhere ==> I am play soccer.

During I am working, I get a phone call.

Say/speak/talk/tell confusion

Watch/see/look confusion.

I borrowed my friend a pen.

Besides/Except/other than confusion

Junior/senior...

My family is four.

"especially misused ==> Especially I like pizza.

Misuse of could (as the past of can) ==> I could find my friend.

Classic music

She is my lover.

Misuse of much/many/a lot of/too/so/any/some...

I slept at midnight last night.

5 minutes later vs. in 5 minutes

Frankly speaking, to tell the truth - way over-used

I want to trip.

and my personal favorite...........





































Teacher, teacher, can we give you the clap and cheer?

[rooster_2006]

Duh! Hips!

I'm amazed this wasn't covered on the first page. Ask any Korean student where their hips are, and they'll probably point to their butt.

I don't understand why our word "hips" always gets translated as "엉덩이." Does it have something to do with prudishness?

[Chris Kwon]

[GreenlightmeansGO]

Scary/scared
'Are you scary?' means 'are you scared/afraid?'

'She's' instead of 'hers'

Total omission of articles.

'ask to' - 'Ask to your teacher when you want to go to the bathroom'
'tell to' - 'Tell to (same as above)'

'the' home - I go to the home

Overusing the word 'so'. It was so great. So I play games all the time.

Hope these are useful and make some sense. It's late and I'm waaaayyyyy tired.

[aphong420]

You know what I really hate? When my students want to answer in the affirmative and say "okay".

Me: Do you know what this means?
Student: Okay.
Me: Okay, what?
.......

[bluelake]

There was a good book written about twenty years ago on the subject, with nearly the same title as this thread, by David Kosovsky.

[Cerriowen]

I get a lot of... "Are you yummy?" (Does it taste good?).
And use "am" instead of have. "I am 10 stickers!" (I have 10 stickers).

[daskalos]

Teacher, what is your from?

[bluelake]

[meangradin]

The "ch" sound with a long e sound is a good one; also, adding a long e sound in page (I guess) because they are trying to say every letter, not the phonetical sounds (p/long a/j) This is why I encourage my students to learn a phonetical alphabet, ie Smith-Trager, IPA, etc... and write the word in that phonetical alphabet; hearing + seeing leads to better understanding and retention.

One that confuses me is the use of the "uh" sound (BTW, the most common sound in our language) in the terminal position; for example, don't(uh) think(uh). Some pronunciation texts suggest it is due to speakers trying to divide combinations of consonants that seem difficult to them. Therefore, they are unable to blend words properly. But I am not sure that completely explains this problem. Perhaps, a further explanation is they are just resting their vocal chords while they are speaking and thinking about how to correctly say the sound, thus they add this sound.