A few weeks ago I was sitting in the staff office checking my email when my co-teacher opened a package. She pulled out three books. One was a English classroom activities book, a TOIC (Test Of English for International Communication) study guide, and then this one, Classroom English Expression Dictionary. I looked at all three, [...]
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I made a discovery this last month. Surrounded by a sea of ballads and teen-pop, I found this tiny tiny island of K-rock. On it, was Delispice, the band above, and a few other ones. I’m still searching for some more. The progress report on my Korean Language Study Experiments: Listening: There was definite progress [...]
Language and Life aren’t separate. SRS. Besides learning how to read and listen to Korean, another great use for this tool, is to inspire and guide. I give great credit to AJATT for this. I gather quotes, I like, from AJATT’s twitter feed, good pieces of advice, cool quotes, or stuff I’ve discovered about Korean, [...]
It’s a new year and that means there are many school teachers and staff changing schools in Korea. That’s how I had a chance to re-meet a colleague from a school that I used to work at over a year ago. I remember at the time, I was impressed with her English skills. She was [...]
What happened this month with the Korean Study Method Experiment(s): Changed the way I grade my answers in Anki. Reviewed more than 2000 words and sentences in Anki. Changed my speaking practice dialogue method to a listen, speak, and understand method using Anki and audio clips from Korean Class 101. Felt small progress in reading, [...]
This experiment was sparked by a Christmas weekend where I spent much of it lost in Korean conversation. I was lost and I wasn’t even participating. It was very clear to me as I sat there, that my listening skills really really sucked. I’ve reached the end of Intermediate Series of the Season Two Korean [...]
I picked up a children’s book at the my school library. My translated title: The Crayon that Went into the Woods [숲으로 간 크레파스] I expected to understand a large portion of it, because well, I was able to read the title, AND it’s a children’s book! I have some work to do. I first [...]