강미 | learning koreanKorean Virtual Keyboard
The Korean Virtual Keyboard, a tool that allowed one to type 한글 online without having to install anything on one’s computer, is sadly no longer available. I used this site whenever I was away from home.
One less item on my list of things I thought I’d never see on television
열여덟 스물아홉, episode 3, 37:45.
열여덟 스물아홉
After a short deliberation, I have selected my new drama. 열여덟 스물아홉 is a new drama from KBS that is adequately interesting. Sure, amnesia is an old, old plot device, and I’m not expecting anything new from it, even though producer Ham Young-hoon says that:
“We haven’t decided yet if Hye-chan will recover her memory.”
If this were an American drama, I’d say the chances of Hye-chan recovering her memory are 100%. But this is a Korean drama, and I don’t know enough about Korean use of this device.
Hello! 안녕하세요 Reincarnated
Last week, Hello! 안녕하세요 changed both its format as well as its hosts. I wish I could say the changes were for the better.
First, the upside. This version is the first since the first version of Arirang TV’s Let’s Speak Korean that is designed for a true beginner of the Korean language. Thus far, each episode has focused on teaching 한글. You don’t need a television program to teach you how to read and write 한글, but it does fill a perceived void by some students of Korean.
U. S. Defense Department Seeks Korean Linguists
The U.S. Defense Department is searching for American Korean linguists as part of its enlistment program for people fluent in Korean, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.
The Pentagon has the required level of expertise on German, French and Spanish, but the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks underscored a need for people fluent in other languages.
To foster more Korean linguists, the department launched its National Flagship Language Initiative program in 2003, in which colleges offer advanced language training to U.S. students who agree to work for the national security establishment.
“These programs consist of a one-year intensive program at a U.S. university followed by a second year of customized, intensive immersion overseas,” said Lt. Col. Ellen G. Krenke, at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense in an e-mail response to a question.
In the approximately $1 million Korean flagship program, there are two U.S. programs at the University of Hawaii and UCLA, Krenke said. UH enrolled its first students in the latter half of 2003 and UCLA a year later.
UH has enrolled 12 students for the 2004-2005 academic year and eight students, including some Korean-Americans, are studying at Korea University in Seoul, Krenke said. She did not provide details for UCLA.
Via The Korea Herald.
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