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My brain is full...
Posted On 04/20/2008 09:36:30 by JSB2008
Tonight is pre-grading. I am not grading this time around but I am trying to learn my Korean terminology because we are doing line work in Korean...ahhh. It will be good practice though.

I learn the words but I can't hear them! I know that sounds odd - it was the same as when I tried to learn French at school. I would learn the words but when it came to listening for them it all sounded the same. I am not sure if it is the echoey hall of whether I am getting deaf in my old age (well, I'm not really THAT old).

I don't want to show myself up tonight, nor do I want to copy everyone else. What can I do? I have tried a couple of websites where you can listen to the sound recording of the words but it doesn't seem to help much.

It doesn't really help that I am feeling unwell, I was in bed before the children on Friday night with a raging sore throat. I feel a great deal better now but probably could do with an early night rather than a pre-grading.
 
I WILL go tonight but how I get on - who knows. My brain is full and I don't know my Palkup from my you-know-what...


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From: Drusilla
05/06/2008 07:11:42
I've been told by my instructor that it doesn't matter exactly how you pronounce the words, just as long as you've made a good attempt. Some of them are really tricky words to say, and everyone has different accents, so that will be taken into consideration. Don't worry about it.
xxxx


From: tkdq
04/20/2008 09:54:57
I'm sure it will fall into place-the only thing I can suggest is, when learning your korean terms-have a member of your family read the korean to you and you say back the English rather than the other way around.

My daughter and I do this on the way to school in the morning or on the way to class-she will ask me for the Korean first and then speak the korean for me to tell her the English. It may help-it works for us.

Good luck




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