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pkang0202

Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject: Increasing number of English speakers among Korean celeb |
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Nicole from Kara, Jessica and Tiffany form Girls Generation.
Kim Ji Suk lived in and went to school in Britain and has an English teaching certificate.
I recently saw a Park Ji Sung interview and his English was pretty good. BoA's English is pretty good now too.
One of the guys from Super Junior is pretty good too.
Its a far cry from 5 year ago, when you'd be hard pressed to name 2 Korean clebrities who could speak English past the level of "Nice to meet you, and you?" |
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superacidjax

Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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Epik High's guys speak great English.. and they seem to be very foreigner friendly..
www.mapthesoul.com |
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KYC
Joined: 11 May 2006
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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superacidjax wrote: |
Epik High's guys speak great English.. and they seem to be very foreigner friendly..
www.mapthesoul.com |
Tablo? I sure hope so...he graduated from Stanford University with a bachelors degree in English Literature. |
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Xuanzang

Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 1:54 am Post subject: |
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One of the Wondergirls is a gyopo so her English should be good. |
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Frankly Mr Shankly
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 2:07 am Post subject: |
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superacidjax wrote: |
Epik High's guys speak great English.. and they seem to be very foreigner friendly..
www.mapthesoul.com |
Sure as hell bet you they wouldn't let you pork their sisters if you were a weyguk. |
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Kimchi Cha Cha

Joined: 15 May 2003 Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 2:28 am Post subject: |
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Frankly Mr Shankly wrote: |
superacidjax wrote: |
Epik High's guys speak great English.. and they seem to be very foreigner friendly..
www.mapthesoul.com |
Sure as hell bet you they wouldn't let you pork their sisters if you were a weyguk. |
As sure as our pink-lipsticked Uri nara crusader mate wouldn't! |
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bogey666

Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Location: Korea, the ass free zone
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 2:56 am Post subject: |
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Xuanzang wrote: |
One of the Wondergirls is a gyopo so her English should be good. |
really?
WHICH one?
I've heard/seen their youtube interviews in English and it's clear none is a native speaker, which a gyopo would be.
Ey Jun's (spelling?) English is getting quite good though. |
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Mindy
Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Location: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:45 am Post subject: |
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Jessica and Tiffany were born (I think) and raised in California.
Kibum from SuJu's English is decent, but again, he lived in America for a few years.
Tablo from Epik High lived/studied in Canada and America.
Hm... Se7en's English is very good... but he has made his American debut, so it's necessary.  |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles

Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:56 am Post subject: |
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Frankly Mr Shankly wrote: |
superacidjax wrote: |
Epik High's guys speak great English.. and they seem to be very foreigner friendly..
www.mapthesoul.com |
Sure as hell bet you they wouldn't let you pork their sisters if you were a weyguk. |
Broad statements! Agenda!
Sometimes it's okay to talk about K-pop groups without grinding another ax, how's 'bout? |
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semi-fly

Joined: 07 Apr 2008
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 10:06 am Post subject: |
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bogey666 wrote: |
Xuanzang wrote: |
One of the Wondergirls is a gyopo so her English should be good. |
really?
WHICH one?
I've heard/seen their youtube interviews in English and it's clear none is a native speaker, which a gyopo would be.
Ey Jun's (spelling?) English is getting quite good though. |
I believe it was Yoo Bin. |
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pkang0202

Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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The growing number of English speaking pop stars is making it pretty easy to plan lessons.
Now, I can actually show students video clips of English inteviews. I like to compare and contract the personalities. If you see a Korean interview clip, they are very polite and reserved. In an English interview, you really see their personality come out. |
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bogey666

Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Location: Korea, the ass free zone
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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semi-fly wrote: |
bogey666 wrote: |
Xuanzang wrote: |
One of the Wondergirls is a gyopo so her English should be good. |
really?
WHICH one?
I've heard/seen their youtube interviews in English and it's clear none is a native speaker, which a gyopo would be.
Ey Jun's (spelling?) English is getting quite good though. |
I believe it was Yoo Bin. |
I don't think so please show me the gyopo in this interview (2nd part)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD--S2aKUMY |
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Patrick Bateman
Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Location: Lost in Translation
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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Rain is pretty good at English.
Hyori is getting better, but still needs some work. I'd be more than happy to help her.
G Dragon from BigBang also sings some songs in English, and when he does, he speaks very clearly.
Disclaimer: I work at a girls' high school. |
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Blueberry
Joined: 15 Apr 2009 Location: Wonju
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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pkang0202 wrote: |
I like to compare and contract . |
How's the Michael Scott Paper company? |
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talltony4
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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Kim Yu-na (the skater) surprised me by being very competent too.
Sure, she has a canadian coach, but I thought she would talk to him through a translator
Did she go to school in Canada? |
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