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[arisha]

So I somehow managed to force myself out of bed this morning in time for my first Korean lesson! My only other classmate is travelling to South Korea later this year, so mostly what we did today was memorize travel expressions, and I was a bit like :| But at the end of the class I asked the teacher (who is CRAZY ENTHUSIASTIC, hahaha love it) if we're going to learn the writing system, and she asked if I want to learn Korean a bit more academically, and I was like YES PLEASE. So next lesson we'll be mixing it up a bit more. I AM EXCITED TO STUDY GRAMMAR.

And then I went to the university bookstore and bought this, despite the fact that I am annoyed someone got around to writing such a book before I did. The movies in it are actually not my favourites, but Tarzan is in it!! And seriously, I am just crazy surprised that a book based on learning Spanish through dubbed American children's movies (uh, and Rocky III?) actually exists, and got published, and everything. Today the world is awesome. xD

FUN FACT: One of my dreams is to one day write a super awesome but also super useful language textbook. I might or might not sometimes work on such a thing in my spare time, DON'T JUDGE ME.

Edit: (What the heck at the review on that Amazon page - the reviewer laments the fact that this book doesn't include a phonetic guide for the Spanish vocab words. Uh ... you're doing it wrong. I also enjoy how she suggests that if you can't make your own sentence using the words in the scene you just watched, the solution is to WATCH IT AGAIN. Because ... that'll help ... ???)

Comments

[athena-crikey.livejournal.com]

Wow, I wonder whether only two people signed up, or whether a bunch just didn't want to do informal one on one? But it's great that you have the chance to, too! And that it won't be all travel phrases :P

One of my dreams is to one day write a super awesome but also super useful language textbook

I AM GLAD YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON THIS DREAM!!!

[arisha.livejournal.com]

I wonder whether only two people signed up

When it was an actual class, only three people signed up.

DDDDDDDD:

I do not know what happened with the mysterious third person. :(

I AM GLAD YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON THIS DREAM!!!

I AM GLAD YOU ARE GLAD I HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON THIS DREAM

YOU ARE THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN IT XD XD XD XD XD

[arisha.livejournal.com]

Also, that "Spanish through dubbed movies" book I bought? Is totally all vocabulary. WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. The point of listening to movies in foreign languages, according to me who loves grammar, is to hear grammar in action!!

IN CONCLUSION, THIS BOOK'S FAILURES ONLY STRENGTHEN MY RESOLVE

[the-wykydtron.livejournal.com]

OMIGOSH YOU WERE AWAKE IN THE AM?!? MADNESS!

I kind of love the idea of you and these other two people sitting around a table chatting about Korean. This prof must be crazy enthusiastic.

[arisha.livejournal.com]

OMIGOSH YOU WERE AWAKE IN THE AM?!? MADNESS!

I'm so tired. ;_;_;_;_;_;_;

[frauleinfrog.livejournal.com]

I would totally love to see a language text-book that was written in a totally different way~ (Do one for Japanese first, yo!)