crossmr Joined: 13 Nov 2008 Total posts: 1 Location: Seoul, Korea Age: 30 Gender: Male |
 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:08 am Post subject: Re: comparing versions Post Rating: 0 |
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| nordkreuz wrote: | "classic" version
- old school setup (two announcer types lecture; short "everyday life conversations" clips)
- all people shown are Korean (as far as I can tell)
- tighter lesson focus
- Hangul lessons with writing training
- audio quality varies a lot from episode to episode
new version
- wanna be modern setup (two foreign teachers lecture, two foreign students repeat, cartoon clips with Korean? voice actors)
- all people shown are foreigners
- looser lesson focus (a lot of small talk)
- no real Hangul lessons (as far as I've seen)
- audio quality also varies but seems to be a bit better than the "classic" version
I just skipped through the first few episodes of both versions, but as someone new to the Korean language I'd say it is easier to study with the "classic" version. You have a tighter focus on the subject of the lesson and less small talk. You have native speakers instead of foreigners where you never know how good their pronunciation skills are. Pronunciation is also the reason I dislike having students "practice" in front of camera. While this can help point out difficulties in learning the language, I always tend to get distracted by the terrible pronunciation of the students just when I try hard to recall the correct one.
To sum it up: if you don't mind sounding 100% like a Korean and prefer to be also entertained check out the new version. If you are more into traditional teaching methods, check out the classic one. Or best: watch both. |
I think you missed one key difference... 30 seconds in to the old series I didn't want to punch the host in the face...
The hosts of this show so the same over the top enthusiasm that the native teachers on the english learning programs here in Seoul show on their shows.. Koreans might not pick up on it, but its actually a little painful to watch.
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YuirenJoined: 14 May 2008 Total posts: 924 Location: Barcelona Age: 24 Gender: Female |
| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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Thank you so much for the lessons ^^
Thousand thanks ♥
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toomskiJoined: 15 Aug 2006 Total posts: 63 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:04 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Thank You very much.This is very helpfull.
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