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Are there singing rooms in the US?
Do we have singing rooms in the US? (Called Norae-bangs …norae – singing, bang /bong/ = room) This isn’t karaoke at a bar, it’s different. Friends get together and you pay for a singing room by the...
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Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
At my new school there is a very well developed plan for which books you use for which classes. But I got a ‘bye’ to take the first day with each class to go off the curriculum and do a fun day. I...
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Singing in Samyang
So, tonight we tried out the local Noraebang (Singing room) in our little town of Samyang. It’s pretty basic. For 10,000 won/$10 you rent a room for nominally one hour (but you always seem to get...
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Songs of the week
This week I tried adding in some songs with varying success: Itsy Bitsy Spider – thumbs up If You’re Happy and You Know It – thumbs up Do You Have – passing game – thumbs up A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea,...
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Singalong, on the boardwalk
Work is pretty hectic, but I quickly relax on the half hour walk home. As I leave the main road and head into Samyang, I begin to smell the ocean ahead. Then, it’s a tiny 25m detour for me to walk...
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Finding K-Pop Songs to Learn
There’s a lot more to language learning than individual words and grammar. The rhythm and melody of each language conveys a lot of the meaning. And the best way to get that down is to do a lot of...
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K-Pop youtube playlist
I started a playlist on youtube to keep an easy list of the songs I’ve been checking into. I’m following leads from students, friends and websites, pursuing songs that I like the sound and others that...
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Love in the Milky Way Cafe
My students recommended this song for me to learn. In fact, I signed a contract. I have to learn two Korean songs by September 1, or I think I have to go to prison, but first throw them a pizza party....
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Hollow win
Well, I won the song battle with my students. I learned Someday by IU, I’m the Best by 2NE1, and Love in the Milky Way by 10cm. But, they didn’t have time to do it. The three of them, fifth and sixth...
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Poem: We Might As Well Skip
you’re walking too fast slow down so i can keep up you’re walking beside me now so we might as well hold hands and since we’re holding hands we might as well skip since we’re skipping and holding hands...
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