이 레슨 형식에 대해서 어떻게 생각하세요?
What do you think about this lesson type?

1. Did you like the format?
2. Did you think it was too fast or too slow?
3. Would you like to see anything else in there?

You can also watch the Youtube version of the video at the link below.
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=cR7tfuZR530

I think this is an awesome idea! The timing seemed to be a little off in today’s lesson, but other than that, I absolutely loved it!!

wow, i really like the idea of reading along while hearing a story! i think it will help a lot with being able to read faster. like nan said, i think the timing was a little bit off - it would help a lot if the words didn’t move until you were done reading them (that way people could read along with you).
but i think this is a very good idea! i’ll be excited to see what other stories you have

This is a great idea. I have looked for audio books before but it seems that they aren’t popular in Korea, and short stories like this are ideal for learners.

The audio-only content was great but I didn’t like trying to follow the video as it went too quickly for me to read, and I’m sure others too. I think a pause feature would help here. Would that be possible to add for next time?

Everyone, thanks for the feedback about the timing being off - I just found out that the Flash file on site REALLY had a problem with the timing - the m4v file in the FEED should be fine

We’ll have this fixed as soon as possible so you can enjoy the video better!

We had the text move along a little bit faster than the voice, but not THIS fast as it is in the flash video right now hahaha ^^!

i think this is really a good idea!
but the last part is a bit too fast for me… do koreans really read at that kind of speed?

and for the first part of the video, is it possible to make the words all move up in one direction just like the rest? they’re now moving in all directions and i’m getting a teeny bit confused here!

otherwise it’s great and i’m looking forward to more! thanks!

I really enjoyed this! Having a fairytale was good because then you’re at least somewhat familiar with the story, even if parts are changed or things simplified. I thought the speed was fine as well.

I liked how the display was English and 한글, then just English, then just 한글. I picked up a lot of words with it being that way.

I wasn’t too fond of the design though, on a purely aesthetic level I found it didn’t look too ‘professional’, but even having said that it still had the elements something like this requires: simple, easy to read no matter your screen res or eyesight (especially if you’re putting it on your iPod, I get the feeling this size of text works pretty much perfectly on an iPod display screen?), and with nothing to distract you from the words. So as usual whenever I give feedback, I end up having two opinions and sitting on the fence 8Dv

Btw, i prefer the youtube version, since i can pause it whenever i want and also because i like to know the length of the video.

안녕하세요~
It was good~
Good job~ I liked it
좋아해요.

Koreanclass101,

Great stuff!
Is is just me or would a transcript of this lesson make life easier?
It’s not that I mind taking notes dictation style, but for reviewing purposes a transcript would come in handy.

Anyway, thank you for coming up with new and fun ways to make sense of this complicated language ^^

Yeah, I like it.

But I don’t like the scrolling of the text, makes me giddy And the last part sounded unnaturally fast to me.. are you trying some speed-reading/speed-listening right-brain training method on us??

And although I like Hyunwoo’s voice as it is, would it be too much to ask if he reads it with more expression, like doing a real story-telling?

그리고 현우는 이렇게 이미 생각한 것 같은데 한국 동화 소개해주면 재미있을 거지?

wow - just up my alley. we gotta do more like this. I especially liked the watered down version of the story to make it easier to comprehend. seriously I feel that was a smart decision. I second Maxiewawa - how about just a simple story (and not just fairy tales)?

It would be great to see the first story be an original story that’s about 2/3 the length of the Pinocchio story. Something short, sweet, simple. Each story could get more difficult but start lower to catch more of the class.

I would also like to see it only in two parts next time - first part the same (screen shows korean and english) while the second part has only korean but in a larger font size.

oh, and the .pdf is gold! bravo!

as for the inflection statement, I actually appreciate the normalness of 현우 씨의 voice because the purpose of the lesson is to improve reading and listening skills - not story-telling skills. keep in mind that I work with kids and I am super-dramatic with my story telling - so it’s not that I’m hating on inflection, it’s just that for our purposes, I think a more standard voice inflection is more appropriate.

However, the speedrun version didn’t do so much for me as the first and second read-through.

All in all, great job KC101 teachers - we need this!

메튜,

의견 정말 고마워요 ^^!!!!! 더 좋은 레슨을 만드는 데에 참고할게요!

제임스

“으로/로” means a lot of things, but here, 나무로 means “using wood” or “with wood”

“으로/로” expresses a direction, but also expresses a tool or method

“DVD로 영화를 봐요” = I’m watching a movie on DVD.
“스푼으로 밥을 먹어요” = I’m eating with a spoon.
“KoreanClass101으로 공부해요” = I’m studying using KoreanClass101 ^^

네, 제임스 씨

Good! 좋아요~~

그리고, to know + object, so in Korean, you need to use “을/를”

So you know “(으)로”를.

화이팅!

Daniel,

고마워요 ^^!

그리고, regular lesson은 ‘정규 레슨’이라고 해요 ^_^

Newbie here:

I admit I skip ahead a lot and gravitate to the videos because that’s what works best with me, so I know this was designed for more advanced students.

But I would still like to see a transcript where the English portion is not translated into English grammar, but the actual literal word-for word translation in Korean grammar instead of the way an English speaking person sees it.

That way I can connect the dots with a direct correlation and I can also get more used to the sentence structure at a glance, even if I don’t get all the words, at least I can see the grammar in action on the English side.

Thanks!