Category Archives: Konglish

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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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 →

Posted in English as an International Language/ Lingua Franca, Janglish, Konglish | 3 Comments

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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An A to Z of Korean English (Konglish) expressions

Posted on 01/12/2008 by alexcase

UPDATE: List now much expanded and polished up, including more listing of when it is the same in other languages. I’ve also since done a list of common errors for Korean speakers, worksheets for Koreans that deal with some of … Continue reading →

Posted in English as an International Language/ Lingua Franca, Error correction, False friends, Konglish, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Korea, TEFL, TESOL, Vocabulary | Tagged | 46 Comments

Similarities between Japanese and Korean Part One

Posted on 24/10/2008 by alexcase

Korean is one of the languages that has always seemed so alien and has had so little impact on my life till now (apart from the most important word- “kimchi”), that I’ve had a complete mental block on even your … Continue reading →

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Live by tepid spirit*

Posted on 17/10/2008 by alexcase

I write my “15 ways…” articles and teaching ideas in the spirit that even if what I put in there is painfully obvious, sometimes seeing something written down can help clarify an idea that was floating round somewhere at the back … Continue reading →

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