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안녕하세요 여러분, 오스틴입니다. At the 보육원(children's home) where I work there are about 80 boys and girls from birth all the way up 18 or 19. Older students who are taking college classes, working, or doing some other "productive" thing are allowed to stay once they finish high school. I spend most of my time with the elementary aged boys. Currently there are 24 of those boys living together. Of those, only 2 are truly "orphaned." Most of the kids there do have parents. Some of them see their parents on a regular basis. They even go to spend weekends or holidays with their parents! But for whatever reason, they can't live at home. For some parents, a divorce has left them unable to support their children financially. Others are just... Show more

For those of you who are new to the site, we had a "How to Read & Write Hangul" video series. This series was quite successful, and drew some very good feedback. We're thankful for the great reception! Just so that hard work doesn't go to waste, we're going to immortalize it in the shrine that we call the Premium Learning Center :D It's there for everyone to look at, so everyone, please take a look if you haven't seen them already ;) If you missed the first video, you can watch it over here

안녕하세요 여러분, 오스틴입니다. Hello all! I am excited to be joining the blogging team at KClass! I am looking forward to sharing insights on Korean language and culture! I will be making contributions drawn from my experiences volunteering in an orphanage in Seoul. I have spent a significant part of my life working with kids as a camp counselor and as a teacher. However, most of the children that I've known over the years come from middle to upper class affluence. I worked at a fancy residential camp in the US. My own students largely came from the twisted streets of suburban sprawl. In short, their background largely resembled mine. Of course I knew that there were poor kids in the world. I had even participated in one of those... Show more

안녕하세요! 한국어를 배울 때, 가장 좋은 방법 중의 하나는 큰 소리로 말해 보는 것이 아닐까요? 매튜(Matthew)와 제가 나눈 Skype 대화를 들어 보세요! 여러분도 배운 것을 이렇게 연습해 보세요! 관심 있는 사람 있어요? ^^ Hi, one of the best ways to learn Korean is to speak it out loud, isn't it? Please listen to this Skype conversation that Mathew and I had. And try practicing what you learned like this too! Is there anyone interested? :D

No one is fluent in a new language from the start, and you have to go through an endless number of mistakes until you finally become very fluent. And making videos of yourself speaking Korean will make this tedious and sometimes discouraging process 1000 times more fun and exciting! (=새로운 언어를 배우는 데에 있어서 처음부터 유창한 사람은 없죠. 그리고 수없이 많은 실수를 반복한 후에 마침내 아주 유창해지는 것이고요. 그리고 자기 자신이 한국어를 하는 것을 비디오로 만들면, 지루하고 때로는 자신감을 잃게 하는이 과정이 천 배는 더 재미있고 신나는 것이 됩니다!) Here's a video of Austin, Tony and myself(현우) talking in 한국어. Austin is from the USA and Tony is from China. As you can see, they are both very fluent in Korean now. But it doesn't meant that they were good from the beginning. (=오스틴과 토니, 그리고 제가 한국어로 이야기하는 비디오예요. 오스틴은 미국에서 왔고, 토니는 중국에서 왔어요.... Show more