English News Korea #77 - 1980s

Hello again everyone. I can't believe it's already been 2 weeks. Where has the time gone?

This week I've made a 1980s Edition. When I was young in the 1980s, many things were very different and this week I'm going to introduce some of them to you. The funniest part about this is that when you're older, kids will look at the very same mobile games and smartwatches you use now and think are cool and tell you they're ancient too! Old age comes for us all :)

Anyway, I hope you all have a great week!

Here is this week's edition:

You can download the PDF here

English News Korea #76 - Computers

Greetings. How's it going? The weather has been getting pretty hot and even a bit humid. I'm enjoying it because I can exercise outdoors a bit more. I also just feel much better when the weather is nice, don't you?

This week I've made a Computers Edition. I have been using computers for more than 30 years and I'm pretty good with them. I expected students in the 2020s to be even better than me, what with their access to smartphones and the internet but no. Shockingly, I'm finding they're only good at usings the apps and sites they use in their daily lives and somehow don't know much about computers at all. The scope of their knowledge is much smaller than I had expected.

Anyway, I hope you all have a great week!

Here is this week's edition:

You can download the PDF here

English News Korea #75 - School

Hello again everyone. How have you been? Does anyone read this even or am I just talking to myself? I'm messing with the format again this week as I search for the perfect formula. I've made 6 stories, taken out the word list and added in a puzzle and a practice dialog. Eventually I'll get the formula right and everyone will love this and acknowledge my brilliance but for now... eh. It's free, you takes what you gets :)

Have a great week!

Here is this week's edition:

You can download the PDF here

English News Korea #74 - Family

Right! Another 2 weeks have flown by and I've prepared another massive edition of ENK. There were a ton of mistakes last week and I hope I've avoided most of them this week. It's tough doing all this by myself. I continue to believe in the potential of my students. I've been teaching English here for almost 20 years and one thing that hasn't changed is that I think a lot of students don't do well because they're just not given the chance to. I hope this can at least provide them with something, even if it isn't much. I'm also pretty sure that these "worksheets" of mine are only going to be used by whoever my current students are when I'm there to give them time to practice and ensure they do. Hopefully in the future I can make them so incredibly awesome that everyone will get on board with my vision and start using them themselves. But the chances of that... heh :)

This week I'm talking about family. May is Family Month in Korea. There's Children's Day, Parent's Day, Teachers' Day and a few more. Children's Day is actually a public holiday here which is fantastic. They also have a combined Parents' Day as opposed to the separate Mothers' Day and Fathers' Day that I'm used to. Hope you all have a good week!

Here is this week's edition:

You can download the PDF here