"Let's Speak Korean" 1-260 modern version

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Whow... I search this Smile

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:31 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Who have 260-300 episodes?

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:03 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i realy like this videos lisa is so cute and steben is funy but i thing they go to fast some times

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject: comparing versions Post Rating: 0

"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.

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

thanks so much the list was very helpful
i cant wait to learn korean now....
thanks

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:14 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

this series is still airing on Arirang TV. go to www.arirang.co.kr.
the click on TV, on the Culture pulldown tab, go to Let's Speak Korea.

I think they are up to like episode 600 now. i just quickly looked at the titles, and its more than i could understand. so you would need the basics from the previous lessons.

HOWEVER, you need to login to arirang. altho, its probably free. the newer episodes are available in low/high quality for free. the older archived episodes you'll need to buy.

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

thanks for the infor...
hopefully i will be able to get most of the eps..

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:28 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

You could also get both 'old' and 'new' versions in this Clubbox.

http://clubbox.co.kr/seirin

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:05 am Post subject: Thanks Post Rating: 0

Thank you for this upload.

i tried to convert the rmvb files to avi with xilisoft video converter but the results i got was that the show was like put on a fast forward mode with its sound sound like chipmunks...any ideas? i would really appreciate it if anyone could help me with this,,,

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

thank you!

what an awesome resource to have

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:59 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

On the Seirin Clubbox, can anyone tell me of Season II? Is it one that starts with Arirang? THank you by the way Big Smile

Are tehy all .avis by the way, or are rmvbs?

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:23 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

oooh thank you! i'm so excited to go through them now!

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject: Reseed Please Post Rating: 0

Just started studying with the books that go with the series, so would really appreciate a reseed here and i will help keep it up and available!
Many Thanks!

(failing that, does anyone know of an alternate site? Airirang only have the last 30 aired episodes and i need 1-80ish)

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thank you for uploading Lets speak korean!