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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.

All previous episodes of Hello! 안녕하세요 are still available in VOD. There is a wealth of useful information there if you’re still as much of a beginner as I am. I haven’t seen them all yet, but now seems like an excellent time to work through them.

And now, the downside. The format has returned to the two hosts-two students model. The addition of the students doesn’t add anything to the program (ditto for Let’s Speak Korean) and takes up teaching time in an already short nine minutes.

And the hosts? Beau Jackson has replaced Richard Harris and 최현정 has replaced 장은아. I can only surmise that the producers want both hosts and students to dial up the energy level (how exciting can you make learning 한글, anyway?). If that’s the case, they’re reaching their goal.

Maybe I’m just missing the calm presence of Richard and 장은아. My Korean isn’t good enough to understand all of 장은아’s Korean, but I liked making the effort.

Or maybe it’s just that I’m not their target audience.

You decide.

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” I Corinthians 13:13, KJV

Posted by kangmi on March 10, 2005 at 1:16 PM17 comments

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Елизавет 10 Mar, 2005 06:20 PM	Hi Kangmi, Great photo on today's post. Also, I thought you may be interested in Auntie M's post about "The Colors of Korea" display in Paris.
ylsul 10 Mar, 2005 07:30 PM	Dude, you're great. You find all the great sites. I use your site for all the best links on korean. soogo to you!
ylsul 14 Mar, 2005 06:02 PM	Have you been able to get the Video on Demand part of this site to work? I only get a blank box. (and what a dorky picture!)
강미 15 Mar, 2005 09:04 AM MSN: kangmi	Not at home I haven't. I watch it during lunch at work, where I have no problem. It doesn't seem to be a browser issue, as it doesn't work in either Firefox or IE. I should check Norton and see if that's creating the conflict. Let me know if you come up with your own solution.
ylsul 15 Mar, 2005 01:29 PM	Really? I get a large white window, and then nothing happens. Maybe I have to wait a long time? Did you have to login to see the videos?
강미 16 Mar, 2005 09:23 AM MSN: kangmi	At home, I get the large white window, too. You do have to login to see the VODs, and I'm already logged in when I try to view them.
ylsul 16 Mar, 2005 01:53 PM	OK. I'll try and register. This will be a challenge. I gave up at one point because of the Korean ID requirement many korean sites have (cyworld, to name one). Thanks!
강미 16 Mar, 2005 02:25 PM MSN: kangmi	Actually, registering for EBS is pretty painless (except for the Korean part). One of the registration tracks is specifically for foreigners who live outside of Korea, so you won't need the registration number.
강미 16 Mar, 2005 02:34 PM MSN: kangmi	I should mention that you'll probably still get the white window after logging in. I do.
ylsul 16 Mar, 2005 02:56 PM	hm. ok. but you DO get to see the videos, yes?
강미 16 Mar, 2005 04:07 PM MSN: kangmi	Yes, but only on the computer at my office. It's the one at home where I have the problem. Norton is always a possibility, but XP might be another. I don't have XP at work. So I still have some more work to do before solving the problem.
ylsul 16 Mar, 2005 07:08 PM	Finally got it to work. It seems registration is NOT firefox friendly. You're right, the format is yucky. Personally, I preferred the arirang TV's hosts better....although the korean hostess in anyong is very pretty!
강미 28 Mar, 2005 08:31 AM MSN: kangmi	To confirm, Norton was indeed the problem. I can now view EBS VODs from home.
Huang 31 Mar, 2005 05:39 AM	Erm, how do I solve the same Norton problem ? Any tips to share ?
강미 20 Apr, 2005 08:44 AM MSN: kangmi	I'm still trying to find where I changed the settings. Will post when I know.
강미 20 Apr, 2005 10:28 AM MSN: kangmi	Huang, I think this is what I used to solve the problem. Do it, and then let me know if you have any further problems...there may have been an extra step I added to get it to work.
huang 21 Apr, 2005 12:12 AM	Thx Kangmi.