I can’t believe I was in another country this morning! Flew back to Fukuoka (only 2 hours) and got back to work. Mind you going out for dinner in the evening was a shock, things are really more expensive here!!
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/bye-bye-seoul/
Of course one of the main “tourist attractions” of South Korea is the tour of the DMZ or border area demilitarised zone. But just make sure you get the right tour when you book! I was looking forward to checking out the room you see on TV programmes, with the soldiers facing each other and…
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I went for a look round Seoul again today (I’m here till Wednesday as it’s a Japanese holiday so there are no flights back!). Yesterday I had a quick look at the Itaewon area, which I wasn’t very impressed with, but today was Insadong which is a really nice place! First off was the Korean…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/what-its-all-about-coffee-shop-phonics/
One thing about being in Korea is that I don’t understand the TV. Which is quite good as it means I can focus on the visuals and how they are put together – vital skills for the upcoming DVD! So I spent a bit of time today going through some effects and techniques for the…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/tv/
So here it is, over 90 countries visiting the website and now 3 Asian countries I’ve actually done presentations in. Today’s mini-conference was organised by KOTESOL, a group for teachers and teacher trainers in Korea and there are more PhDs here than I’ve seen in ages! The plenary session was quite good with Dr Park…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-english-debuts-in-korea/
Got up, did a bit of work and then went off round some of the sites in Seoul. The palaces and things look quite nice and it was just good being in another country for a change (I haven’t managed to leave Japan as much as I should this year!). The food is the best…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/a-look-around-seoul/
