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| How much time have spent in korea in your life ? |
| 6 Months or less |
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1% |
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| 6-12 Months |
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10% |
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| 1-2 Years |
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15% |
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| 2-3 Years |
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16% |
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| 3-4 Years |
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11% |
[ 9 ] |
| 4-5 Years |
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10% |
[ 8 ] |
| 5-6 Years |
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7% |
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| 6-8 Years |
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8% |
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| 8-10 Years |
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10% |
[ 8 ] |
| 10+ Years |
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8% |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| I feel like a newb here, coming up for 3 years this year, with about 3 months spent outside of Korea in that time. Probably be here for another 2 or so. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| going on six years. Spent about 2 months outside of Korea (total) in that time. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm getting pretty close to 3 years myself. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| 4 years in a couple of weeks, but I'll be leaving in about a month |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:41 am Post subject: |
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| I am nearly at two years. But, spent about a year at home before I came back. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| shortskirt_longjacket wrote: |
| For those of you who have been here 5+ years, what's your level of Korean proficiency? Are you fluent? How did you learn the language? Formal classroom setting? Korean friends/significant others? How long did it take you to get to the level of fluency that you wanted? |
My Korean proficiency is pathetic considering how long I've been in the country. A number of things got in the way. Initially time but no money then money but no time, then 3 years of grad school, now 2 kids. But I'm working on it, I just finished 10 weeks at Sogang and continue to put some time in every week. I'll be taking another semester at sogang come winter.
I can understand a lot, but cannot contribute to the conversation in a significant manner. Basically I suck. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| 4 years in a couple of weeks, but I'll be leaving in about a month |
For good? |
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Homer
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| entering into year 9.... |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| I arrived March 12 or 13, 1994. Since then, I've been out for two periods, 9 months and 8 months. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:15 am Post subject: |
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3.5 years.
Level of Korean proficiency: could be a lot better. Still fairly basic.
If I tell a Korean I've been here 1 year they say wow, your korean is amazing. If I say 3 years, they seem to wonder why it isn't better. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:26 am Post subject: |
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I began my first Korean EFL gig in March, 2002, and I've been away a few months... At first, I was making pretty good progress learning Korean, but then I stopped going to these free Saturday classes - after I moved farther from Seoul (and they started giving too much homework...)
http://myhome.naver.com/tartan/menu2.html |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:24 am Post subject: |
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| rapier wrote: |
If I tell a Korean I've been here 1 year they say wow, your korean is amazing. If I say 3 years, they seem to wonder why it isn't better. |
I often lie about how long I've been here too.
Then again, how many Koreans are embarrassed about the time they have spent trying to learn English, versus their actual ability to communicate in the language? |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:21 am Post subject: |
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| Just about 5 years total, but spanning about 12 or 13 years. It's interesting in that when you leave for a long time and come back, the changes are more noticeable than if you stayed on straight through. This is not the same place I came to so very long ago. |
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seoulkitchen
Joined: 28 Dec 2004
Location: Hub of Asia, my ass!
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:45 am Post subject: |
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Got to Korea in 95. Told everyone 'See ya next year'. That didn't happen.
But now I'm in exile in Canadia. Been 5 months away. Holy crap batman! WTF where is my new visa????? I wanna go home!
For those who've asked about what keeps us in Korea, for me it's the utter chaos. My sick and twisted desire for new challenges and experiences. I feel like I'm in hibernation over here in the hibernation nation.
Gimme back my soju! |
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seoulunitarian
Joined: 06 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:10 am Post subject: re: |
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| 82.944.000 seconds, give or take a few. |
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