Just a short note on confidence builders in the last week.
I’ve been chatting a little with Koreans on several sites (mostly sharedtalk; no link because I don’t really like the site) recently to try to add variety to how I approach some pretty typical topics of an intermediate nature; nothing overly complicated. Things like lifestyles, family, interests, travel, etc. Stuff that you will talk about with people all the time… nice conversation starters, those kind of things.
Anyway, what’s the confidence aspect? Click here to read more.. »
The last two days have been a bit of an anomaly when you look at my time back in Australia. I do have a fair amount of chance to practice Korean in Perth, but due to being busy with research and having a family life, this isn’t all that realistic. However, the last two days have been pretty interesting and given me some confidence since it’s nice to know that my Korean isn’t vanishing into thin air while I’m here… even though I’m not the most diligent Korean student in the world.
Let’s be honest… I do study, it’s just that I don’t study Korean seriously. Click here to read more.. »
This was written in August 2006 after my experience at Yonsei University as an exchange student, so some of the information may be out-dated now.
There are two main programs at Yonsei – DIEE and KLI.
DIEE (Division of International Education and Exchange) is what I was involved in. It is a general exchange student program where you take Click here to read more.. »
