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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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I've met a few....
Dr. Surin Pitsuwan (2011)
Roh Moo-hyun (2003)
Dr. Stephen Krashen (2004)
Not sure if they are famous among other expats though.
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robbie_davies
Joined: 16 Jun 2013
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| ttompatz wrote: |
Dr. Stephen Krashen (2004)
Not sure if they are famous among other expats though.
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Krashen should be amongst the readers of this board - or I would have thought. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| robbie_davies wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
Dr. Stephen Krashen (2004)
Not sure if they are famous among other expats though.
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Krashen should be amongst the readers of this board - or I would have thought. |
He should be "known of" if not "known" amongst those who are career EFL / TESOL types. He was really active about 10 years ago but I have seen/read a lot of his stuff dating back as far as 1983.
My guess is that your average EFL teacher in Korea would have no clue.
You'd have to be a long timer in Korea to know Roh Moo-hyun (since he is now deceased (2009)).
Surin is still among the active although he is not head of ASEAN any more. I have met him a few times at various conferences (ASEAN, AELF, SEAMEO, ICET-Bangkok).
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robbie_davies
Joined: 16 Jun 2013
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| ttompatz wrote: |
He should be "known of" if not "known" amongst those who are career EFL / TESOL types. He was really active about 10 years ago but I have seen/read a lot of his stuff dating back as far as 1983.
My guess is that your average EFL teacher in Korea would have no clue.
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Damn, that is a pity if that is really the case. A reason why I will always applaud more stringent requirements for teaching jobs.  |
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3DR
Joined: 24 May 2009
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I met the guy Sam Hammington about 2 years ago at a random get together in Itaewon. I had no idea who he was then.
Then my girlfriend went through my photos early this year on Facebook and said, "oh you met Sam Hammington?" I was like who? And she showed me the picture.
Still had no idea who he was until I started watching more tv in order to learn Korean, and when I saw him I said to myself "Ohhhhhh that's the guy she was talking about." |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:29 am Post subject: |
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I met the guy Sam Hammington about 2 years ago at a random get together in Itaewon. I had no idea who he was then.
Then my girlfriend went through my photos early this year on Facebook and said, "oh you met Sam Hammington?" I was like who? And she showed me the picture.
Still had no idea who he was until I started watching more tv in order to learn Korean, and when I saw him I said to myself "Ohhhhhh that's the guy she was talking about." |
Ha,
I run into Sam all the time. Super nice dude! |
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