It’s the editor here…so, I am a bit stumped on which one of the million topics that I could write about you want to read here or if you’re just taking advantage of the fine list of links to the right? Well, I’m going to ask you folks — about 15 people a day or so who are reading this to please comment below this post to either tell me 1) there’s enough info here or 2) what topics you would be interested in reading about.
Finally, I’m creating another project that will help people learning not only “how to live better in Korea”, but also anything about the country in general. South Korea has lots of entries on Wikipedia, but what if you were searching for “Buy the way”, one of the most common convenience stores in the country. Aren’t you curious who owns them? Is it Samsung? Is it Mr. Kim down the corner? Don’t you want to know where the nearest one if you found the best ramen in the world at one? I know this is a silly example, but there are more that are not. So, visit: http://Korpedia.info when you get a chance. Cheers!
p.s. My request actually not to only visit it, but do a search and see if your topic doesn’t exist. If it doesn’t, either write something about it or comment here that it doesn’t exist & I’ll make a post/article JUST for you! Thanks again & happy living in Korea!
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January 8, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I would like to know what I can do to get teens at the haguan/hagwon (sp?) energized for learning English. I don’t know get-up-and-move games as I am one who prefers reading about a language as if cracking some hieroglyphic code (though Pimsleur CDs are good too for needing to learn enough to get by quickly). The English instructor who hired me wants me to be some kind of Robin Williams when I am, regarding verbal humor, more of a Bob Newhart or a Ben Stiller (with enough caffeine, I can approach a Jim Carrey style).
I keep making verbal humor that they miss and I accidentally ask them questions about aspects of their life I don’t realize is so much different than mine–something that can kill the conversation. The other English teacher has lived enough time in America to get my humor and he understands the problem, but still expects me to be funny when my humor doesn’t work as well and keep the conversation going when I cannot relate to the students’ lives (even after finding an article about their lives). I don’t know how to ask them something another way because I don’t know what to ask. I don’t know what I am taking for granted. I don’t have a Rosetta Stone for opening up all communication with them as my native English teachers can.
I wish for an adjoining webpage that makes reading about these students’ lives and how they think.
The 10-11 year olds don’t need that. They open up to me easier. It makes me wonder if they should have classes for English or just have places where interested and daring (in their mind as it is daring in mine to try Korean words) students, with money from parents, speak to foreigners like myself so we can avoid the ice-breaking.
Kamsa hamnida!