Category Archives: Teaching English in Korea

Japan in the Korean EFL classroom

Posted on 23/05/2012 by alexcase

A very specific topic, I know, but as I was already back here when someone from KoTESOL’s The English Connection magazine asked me to write something, it was the first thing that popped into my head. Hopefully of more general … Continue reading →

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Minimal pairs for Korean learners of English

Posted on 17/04/2012 by alexcase

Links are to list of relevant minimal pairs divided by level. If you like this and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  Updated 26 July 2020.  Voiced and unvoiced consonants b and p (bore and pore) v and f (van and … Continue reading →

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Typical problems for Korean learners of English

Posted on 23/11/2011 by alexcase

I did a lot of research on this when I first arrived in Korea because my approach to correction relies a lot on anticipating their problems (rather than making a random list of things that come up, as I seem … Continue reading →

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Similarities and differences between Korea and Japan

Posted on 07/11/2011 by alexcase

Now that I’ve done similarities and differences between Konglish/Japlish, the languages more generally and students from those countries, thought I may as well go the whole hog and do the whole countries. The lists are over on my JapanExplained blog here: … Continue reading →

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Differences between Janglish and Konglish

Posted on 27/10/2011 by alexcase

I seem to have got over the obsession that started with a huge list of Japlish, went on to a smaller but still substantial list of Konglish and then went on to list the similarities between them, so this might … Continue reading →

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Highlights from October's EL Gazette

Posted on 13/10/2011 by alexcase

– 300 Assistant Language Teachers laid off in Korea, with maybe more to follow. – EL Gazette in dispute with Bell over their responsibilities to stop passport retention in Saudi Arabia – Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, UCL, Birmingham, King’s College London, … Continue reading →

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Similarities between Konglish and Janglish

Posted on 27/09/2011 by alexcase

People who looked at the Konglish list I mentioned in my last post might have noticed how many of the words and phrases are marked “same in Japanese”. If English as a Lingua Franca does/ will exist, I would guess … Continue reading →

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Konglish list also much polished up and expanded

Posted on 26/09/2011 by alexcase

Although with “only” 408 entries it is still a lot shorter than the Japlish list I posted yesterday… Includes PDF version for easy printing: Konglish dictionary

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Want to be paid to sit around and wait?

Posted on 10/03/2011 by alexcase

I guess they sent this to me because I worked in Korea for two years and used to work for EF, but otherwise I am totally unsuitable and so thought I’d share it with the rest of you: “In the … Continue reading →

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Leaving Korea

Posted on 01/11/2010 by alexcase

Sitting in Gimpo airport now enjoying the free wifi, not something I’ll be doing much back in Japan… Seoul isn’t (yet) one of the world’s great cities, but it’s probably the most liveable place where you can save a decent amount … Continue reading →

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