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[journal]

Me. Teaching English, in Korean.

Short video. Good for all grades, ages, levels, learning 'personalities', etc.

Teaching pronunciation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHvNze8qoks

Thanks for watching.

[journal]

One more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfhIVs92sf4&feature=relmfu

[alongway]

"another" from who? not yourself since that's you.. don't be coy about it.
I don't have a problem with people sharing things they've done, but the faux "oh look what I stumbled across, made by uh..another person *cough* *cough*" seems to lessen it.

However, great job on learning Korean.

[journal]

nah, i posted one last week too, with some super boring title that no one clicked on. i'm not 'hiding.' it was an attempt to get folks to check it out. the thread title probably comes off as arrogant, but it was the 'punchiest' i could come up with.

I MADE THE VIDEOS. I DIDN'T STUMBLE UPON THEM.

ah...'just another foreigner' is what i meant. not 'another, apart from me.'

[Dodge7]

the whole time I was just thinking, "how do this guy know so much Korean?" lol

[kneezah~]

i like the look of the videos... the look super clean and neat. i think you have the type of look that will make korean girls swoon. and major props on your korean. i hope to work up to your level some day.^^ just a word of caution about the f and p video... you're making a schwa sound when pronouncing the p and f sounds. kind of like "puh" and "fuh" instead of "p" and "f." koreans tend to naturally put a shwa sound at then end of sounds (i.e class-uh instead of class)... so be extra careful about adding schwa when teaching koreans. otherwise good stuff^^

[postfundie]

hey good job, this gives me inspiration to study...don't pay attention to the haters..

[postfundie]

also is the clothing for Koreans mostly, is that the target consumer group? Do people at home wear that stuff...like Canas shoes with no socks and a polo shirt...I am honestly asking because I haven't lived in the States for about 10 years.

[Squire]

I'd like my kids to see this to show that white people can speak Korean

[journal]

hey kneezah, didn't realize i was schwa-ing. might be cause i'm saying them slowly. i'll fix it in the future. thank you!

hey postfundie, actually, it's a korean site. so the style and clothes are, and reflect, korean trends. can't speak to what people are wearing in the states, except for what i see on the sartorialist. so go ahead, lose the socks haha

hey squire, feel free to use it in class. it's made for students afterall!

[some waygug-in]

Your Korean is excellent, so if I may ask a couple of questions;


How long did you study Korean?

Where did you study, what resources were the most useful to you?


Thanks in advance.

[jeremydc808]

Awesome, I need to continue my Rosetta Stone lessons!

[edwardcatflap]

Cut out all of the Korean and you can give the students twice as much pronunciation practice in half the time. Simple.

[journal]

hey some waygug-in, i've been sort of studying for 4 years. i've wanted to follow the 'all japanese all the time' system (listen to your language 24 hours a day/cut out english/read your language for at least an hour a day/use an SRS program), but can never seem to stick with it for more than a day.

the most helpful thing, by far, has been a combination of naver dictionary, mnemosyne (an SRS), and whatever korean books look good at the time. the first one i read was some crap self-help book. totally cliched, and not a whole lot of info outside of common sense. it was perfect! it scores a ten in the 'useful' language category.

i went through the social integration program (level 4 and 5). mixed results. i've probably forgetten most of it.

i 'listen' to korean drama when i can. i never really sit down and just watch, but i'll pull up something on the 짱라이브 iphone app, and just let it play while i'm cleaning, or doing some other mindless task.

that's about it. hope it helps. if you need any more specifics, ask away.


hey edwardcatflap, they're not 'practice' videos. they're 'how to' videos. i explained the mechanics of the pronunciation. like, a lot of students, despite lots of 'repeat after me' time, never seem to get the 'stick out your tongue' bit for 'th.' something like 'r' is pretty tricky without an explanation (ie, make sure the tip of your tongue doesn't touch the roof of your mouth, etc).

[fustiancorduroy]