Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Perhaps one of our Quebecois members could be kind enough to check this out for me? Thanks a bunch in advance.


Bonjour, je m�appelle _______________, un professeur d�anglias a un lycee en Coree, et je suis tres heureux que vous puissiez etre des correspondants avec mes edutiantes. Je suis desole que le niveau de l'ecriture anglaise de mes edutientes sont si bas, mais elles n�ont pas beaucoup d�occaisions pour pratiquer ecrire dedans le systeme educatif coreen. Cependant, bien que ce qu'elles ont ecrit sont un peu simple et court, il leur a fallu beacoup d'effort et elles vraiment attendent avec interet vos reponses.

Elles sont particulierement interesses par vos vies socials, ce que vous faites pour l�amusement, vos pass�-temps, quelle musique et films vous aiment, et vos histories personnelles - particuli�rement si vous avez grandi dans les autres pays. Elles voudraient aussi savoir votre avis de votre ecole, quels sujets vous prenez, ce qui vous aiment et n'aiment pas de votre l'ecole, et vos clubs et equipes. Surtout, elles vraiment aimeraient connaitre si vous avez un/e petit/e ami/e et quelles sortes de garcons ou filles vous aimez .

Merci beaucoup et nous attendons avec interet vos responses.



Hello, my name is ______________, an English teacher at a Korean high school, and I�m so happy you can be pen-friends with my students. I�m sorry that my students� written level of English is so low, but they get very little opportunity to practice writing in the Korean school system. However, although what they have written is rather simple and short, it took them a fair bit of effort and they�re really looking forward to hearing back from you.

They�re especially interested in your social lives, what you do for fun, your hobbies, what music and films you like, and your background � especially if you�ve grown up in various countries. They�d also like to know what your school is like, what subjects you take, what you do and don�t like about school, and what clubs or teams you�re on. Most of all, they�d really like to know if you have a boyfriend or girlfriend and what kind of boys / girls you like, lol.

Thanks again and we look forward to hearing back from you.

[Teleria]

Is this someone writing to you? If so, then yes the two are the same. If you're writing to someone, there are a couple of grammar points in the french:

le niveau de l'ecriture anglaise de mes edutientes sont si bas

'sont' should be 'est'.

quelle musique et films vous aiment

should be 'quelles musiques'

It reads like a quick note.

But yes, the two say the same thing.
And I am from Nova Scotia

[polonius]

[danby_ll]

Other than what the other reponse said, a lot of accents are missing.

[Teleria]

I assumed he was typing it out from a piece of paper and so was missing accents, but if it's copy/pasted from an email... yeah, lots of accents are missing.

[ddeubel]

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[Morgen]

I would say "faible" rather than "bas," but it's ok. You don't need an article ("des") in front of "correspondants," and "pas beaucoup de possibilit�s de pratique d'�criture" makes more sense, in the "systeme scolaire." In the next sentence, change "sont" to "est" again.

In the second paragraph, I'd probably say "votre vie sociale" instead of the plural, but either way "sociale" should be feminine, and "histories" is "histoires." "Les autres pays" should be changed to "dans diff�rents pays," and "quels sujets" to just "les sujets que vous prenez." In the last sentence, "connaitre" should be "savoir," and "aimez" to "preferez."

Oh, it's "etudiantes," not "edutientes." I had to stare at that for several minutes before I realized why it looked strange.

I have very little experience with Canadian French though, so if this is for a Canadian school I may have given you some bad advice.

[Adventurer]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Thanks a lot guys. The accent marks are from a few words I copied out of a dictionary because my French spelling's almost as bad as my Korean; I guess I should either copy every word that has accent marks or eliminate them entirely. Yes, the students are girls and the letter exchange is with a class at a French school.