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In last week's entry, I mentioned briefly how Korean artists, at least those of the pop music scene, often branch out into acting and other such activities between - or even during - albums. This week, I thought I would expand on that. Something that I always found interesting to note about many artists in the pop music scene is that they aren't just singers, but entertainers. Many of them at least dabble in acting, while many others have an acting career that seems to be as much a priority as their singing career. Their extra activities don't stop there; some of the most popular artists can be seen on variety shows week after week, and many also take up positions as radio show hosts and music program MCs, or even have their own TV... Show more

We spent yesterday travelling to San Francisco to pick up a Korean boy who will be staying with us for the next four months. He is 11 years old (양력으로). To me this seems very young to be away from home for that length of time, especially to be staying with relative strangers. However, as I understand it, this practice is fairly common in Korea. While we are not doing a business, the "home stay" market is quite large. We had two home stay children a couple of years ago with limited success. What I mean by that is that the parents sent their children here to America with the hope that their children's English speaking ability would improve and thus increase their educational opportunities in the future. Most of these programs, as far as I... Show more

These days, Korean students are in the middle of 겨울방학 (winter vacation) so things are pretty quiet around the orphanage.  Kids go home (remember that some of them still have parents) and a few are away on some sort of school trip.  I also haven't been around there as often as I usually am since my own schedule is a bit different right now. It must be pretty boring for them.  Since they aren't in school, they stay home all day.  It's too cold/dangerous to play outside, so they are stuck watching TV, or maybe going to the computer lab.  For many of them, that is their day! I'm sorry there isn't much else to report.  I hope to get a new video made with some of them this week, and have it up for the next post.  I could get them to make a... Show more

Earlier this week we announced the launch of the Hanja Vocabulary feature in our PDF's. Today, we are glad to announce the much anticipated release of a new premium features which is sure to take your speaking skills to new heights. Pronunciation Practice To address speaking practice, we have integrated a state-of-the-art software to allow you to record your own voice so you can compare your pronunciation to our teachers and continue to refine your speaking skills. This feature is available to all active Premium subscribers in the Line-By-Line Audio Transcript page for each lesson in the Learning Center (see screen shot below): We hope you enjoy this new premium features and as always please let us know what you think. Team... Show more

Hi everyone! What kind of thoughts does the word "January" bring to your mind? These are the first things that come to my mind. Please share with me what January means to you !