Saturday, January 24, 2009

We're way past regular bole and into hyperbole.

Because of the way Naver labels my site---전라남도 여수시 영어교사 Brain 블로그, 한국문화, 역사, 뉴스, 축제 등 수록---I get some hits for stuff like "한국문화 영어." Those hits in turn directed my attention to some books to help Koreans explain parts of their culture to English-speakers. A bookstore in Old Downtown carries two of them, and I browsed through one, Power Speak about Korea, a little while ago. It has vocabulary, phrases, and sample essays about history, food, tourist attractions, and so forth, and is of a familiar tone and style.





The units are to help readers organize presentations on cultural items, whether kimchi, masks, money, or the Liancourt Rocks.

5 comments:

Mark Eaton said...

I'm glad you get hits for 'Brain' as your blog does promote and provoke thought.

Jason said...

I think Brian's gone CIA . . . nice pics of the title pages of each chapter.

Somebody should do a parody of the book . . . probably some funny material there.

J

Ben said...

The World's Greatest Insignificant Clumps of Rocks - Dokdo!

van said...

Funny stuff! Reminds me of a dprk handbook i have:

http://www.ghosttreemedia.com/?p=32

Darth Babaganoosh said...

What would regular bole look like? I've only seen the hyper variety.