It is spring in Korea, and summer is probably just a week or two away.  It makes me think about when I'm planning to leave.  My contract finishes at the end of August.  That's more than 4 months from now, but of course will come much faster than I expect. Anyway, it brings up an important issue regarding the orphanage.  Those kids are used to seeing me on a regular basis over the past two years, and soon enough, I won't be coming around at all.  So I am starting to think about how I can make my exit without causing a lot of trauma.  There isn't a lot of consistency in their lives, and the mere fact thay live at an orphanage means that some deal with abandonment issues, so it is no simple matter to extract myself from their lives and... Show more

We have a new feature again. Now it's easier to keep track of the recent updates in the forum and the blog! If you look at the right-hand side of the lessons page, you can see the lists of 5 recent posts in the forum and in the blog! 또 하나의 새로운 기능이 생겼어요! 이제 포럼과 블로그에 올라온 최신 글들을 더 쉽게 파악할 수 있어요! 레슨 페이지의 오른쪽을 보시면, 포럼과 블로그에 가장 최근에 올라온 글 5개의 목록을 볼 수 있습니다.

After weeks of development, we’re happy to announce the launch of the much anticipated My Feed. This fully customizable RSS feed let’s Premium members decide exactly what lesson content they want on their Premium feed. You can master Korean on your terms. Setting up My Feed is a simple 3 step process. 1. Choose the lesson types you want (e.g. Beginner, Newbie, Audio Blog, etc.) 2. Choose the type of content you want (e.g. Main Audio, Dialog Clip, Review Clip, PDF, Video Vocab, etc.) 3. Add My Feed to iTunes or other iTunes compatible feed readers like Juice, and just watch the content you want come rolling in. Click here to learn more about My Feed or if you’re a Premium member, click here to get started now. ... Show more

The Korean school year starts at the beginning of March. Consequently, there is some shuffling that will take place all over the orphanage. Two boys and one girl will move up from the pre-school room to the elementary house. Two 6th grade boys will move up to the middle school/high school floor. And I'm sure that some older kids who just graduated will be off to college/military service or some may be moving away. Unfortunately, this is all going to happen when I'm in Taiwan. It will be interesting to see how the dynamics change among the elementary boys. The two new 1st graders are pretty tough, no-nonsense kind of kids. The 2 boys who are just one year older than them are not nearly as rugged. They aren't bigger. They've... Show more

If you have lessons that you liked particularly and want to share with your friends or on the blogosphere, here is an easy way to do it. Go to the button of the lesson post, and just click on it. There you can register a certain lesson to your bookmarks on the Internet or send the link to your friends by email. 특별히 마음에 드는 레슨이 있어서 친구들과 혹은 블로그를 통해서 나누고 싶으시면, 아주 간단한 방법이 있습니다. 각 레슨 포스트의 버튼으로 가서 클릭하시면, 인터넷 북마크에 등록하거나 이메일로 링크를 친구에게 보낼 수 있습니다. Help us spread the word! We will keep working hard to help you improve your Korean and make your learning more fun! 주변 사람들에게 KoreanClass101에 대해서 알려 주세요! 앞으로도 여러분이 한국어 공부를 재미있게 할 수 있도록 노력할게요!