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Struggle and Camaraderie : Survival as a Korean Long-term Political Prisoner
TweetBy Ana TrayninI am a 27-year-old American expat English teacher in Korea. My major challenges are: navigating a foreign culture and language, making good lessons, and balancing my life. At 25,...
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The 30-Day Reflective Blogging Challenge for Teachers
TweetToday I stumbled across this fantastic website: teachthought.com. While it only offers a few articles specific to ESL teachers, the rest of the content is still very applicable in some way or...
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Crowdfunding for New Queer Korean Film: Butterfly
Tweet99 Film's new queer movie Butterfly is being crowdfounded on GoodFunding aiming for 2 million won in donations (about 2 thousand dollars). 99 Film has used this method for other films (such as 20)...
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RTBC Day One: Teaching Goals
TweetReflective Teaching Blog Challenge – Day One: Write your goals for the school year. Be as specific or abstract as you’d like to be!In no particular order:Learn the names of my students and fellow...
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MICA’s First Live Performance on Superstar K6
TweetThe sisters are still in! ^^ They got Filipino expats in Korea excited. Facebook walls are mostly about their exhilarating performance tonight. The girls sang “Maria”, original soundtrack of the...
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"What does it mean?" in Korean
TweetIf you've learned some Korean, but you don't know every single word and phrase yet, what do you do when you see or hear something you're unfamiliar with? Well, you can ask a Korean to tell you...
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Culture Shock, What Culture Shock? Embracing The Cultural Change.
Tweet Moving to another country, especially one as different as Korea can make you experience one tough culture shock: why are people staring at me… why is cereal so expensive… is it really ok to spit...
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Should You Open a Bank Account in Korea?
TweetIt’s finally happened. You’ve stuffed so much money under your mattress that you are having trouble sleeping at night. Is it time to open up a bank account in Korea?Good question! Before you get...
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Busan Firework Festival
TweetWhat goes around comes around saying is perfectly true, do you know that even though the BIFF (Busan International Film Festival) is over, however we will have another major event soon in...
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RTBC Day Two: Video Games in the Classroom
TweetReflective Teaching Blog Challenge – Day Two: Write about one piece of technology you would like to try this year, and why. What are you hoping to see of this edtech integration?Mario Kart. League...
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Economical Eating In Korea- Be Healthy Without Being Bankrupt
Tweeten.wikipediaEating healthily on a budget is sometimes difficult- why buy a huge bag of apples for 5000 won (at the very least) when you can buy 5 huge bags of popcorn, or two boxes of choco pies...
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Gwaneumsa Temple – 관음사 (Jeju City, Jeju-do)
Tweet The Buddha on the Hillside at Gwaneumsa Temple in Jeju-do Island.Hello Again Everyone!!Gwaneumsa Temple is named after Gwanseeum-bosal (The Bodhisattva of Compassion). This fairly common temple...
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Which Disney princess would make the best co-teacher?
TweetSnow White– Her childlike innocence makes her perfect for working with elementary school kids. She gets them to whistle-while-they-work during even the most mundane of tasks, like tidying up the...
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RTBC Day Three: Room for Improvement
TweetReflective Teaching Blog Challenge – Day Three: Discuss one “observation” area you would like to improve on.At the end of most of my lessons, I’ve noticed there usually isn’t enough time to...
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Tom Tom & Big John Stud’s Continuing Food Adventures: 돼지국밥
TweetIt’s once again time for myself and Tom Gates of The Red Dragon Diaries to wow you, inform you and make you hungry as we explore another of Busan’s great culinary cuisines. This weekend, we headed...
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2014 Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk
TweetThis past Saturday I had the pleasure of once again hosting the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk. I decided to change the location to Gyeongju this year as I thought that it would appeal to more...
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Gimje Horizon’s Festival
Gimje Horizon’s Festival TweetThe summer heat is finished and the beauty of fall is upon us. As blues skies open up and cool weather sets in a peaceful time of year begins. Something that goes hand...
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Learn Korean at Your Keyboard: The Art of Typing Korean
TweetLearning to type Korean has many benefits. Once you achieve mastery in the art of typing Korean, you can chat with friends online, comment on websites, look up words in the dictionary, search...
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One Year Later
TweetThe traditional gift for a first anniversary is paper, so I guess after I write this I'll print a copy and frame it. What I'm trying to say is, a little over one year ago, I arrived in Korea. The...
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Queer Links from the Week: Mayor Park Won-soo on gay marriage in Korea and...
TweetSeoul Mayor Park won-soo spoke with the San Francisco Examiner last week saying that he wants wants same-sex marriage in Korea as first in Asia. As Park is a possible presidential candidate for...
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