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KoreaKast: Massiseo! Delicious Korean Learning

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Language teachers' reflections on learning survival Korean. Thursday, July 16, 2009. Means "delicious" in Korean. But this post is about something far tastier than food. In my previous post I mentioned that I had found most of my Korean learning resources through Google searches, and it only recently occurred to me that I could simply stand on the shoulders of giants (and normal-sized folk) in stead. How? Social bookmarking. my weapon of choice: Delicious. There is more on the rationale behind Delicious.

KoreaKast: A Brief Word on Bells and Whistles (And a Great Find)

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Language teachers' reflections on learning survival Korean. Tuesday, July 14, 2009. A Brief Word on Bells and Whistles (And a Great Find). While compiling a resource bank. For the Korean section of the TOLL. Project, I admit that I depended mostly on Google searches. (Only this morning did it occur to me to check social bookmarking services, like Delicious. Looking over my resource bank as the sun rose today, I saw the final entry, for the Introduction to Korean. The course is downloadable. For this gem&...

KoreaKast: September 2009

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Language teachers' reflections on learning survival Korean. Wednesday, September 16, 2009. KoreaKast: Reflective Blog of a Teacher as Online Language Learner. KoreaKast is a reflective blog that tracks my adventure as a language teacher learning Korean online. The blog has been maintained as part of a pilot study for my Teachers as Online Language Learners (TOLL). Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. And makes up part of my greater research on Educational Technology as a Foreign Language. That forms t...

KoreaKast: Countdown! Survival Language in a Hurry

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Language teachers' reflections on learning survival Korean. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. Survival Language in a Hurry. The sudden reality of departing for Korea by the end of the week only hit me in the last few days. Although I am the type who prefers to over-prepare, the truth is that real life does not always allow the luxury of good preparation. The question that faces me, like many others on the brink of departure, is: what Korean phrases will be most helpful to know before departure? The next step (al...

KoreaKast: Synthesising Resources

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Language teachers' reflections on learning survival Korean. Saturday, August 15, 2009. When learning a language I often find that no resource quite meets my needs. Each has its strong points, while it may neglect other areas completely. As I continue to work through several online courses, I am finding that the introductory lesson is usually at a gentle pace (perhaps too much so, since I have long mastered "Annyong haseyo"), but the pace then picks up very quickly and diverges in unpredictable directions.