1. Breaking the Language Barrier

2. English is a very difficult la nguage, even for native spe akers. In this class, I want to talk abo ut some common areas in which Koreans tend to be confused.

3. We will also talk a little about “K onglish”. Konglish is fine in Korea, but for eigners probably won’t knowwhat you’re talking about.

4. Case in point:

5. Morgan Reynolds He’s the cool, handsome guy that all the dudes want to be and all the girls want to get next to. Meet:

6. Hot Korean Girl She’s not as attractive as Morgan, but most members of the opposite sex consider her “beautiful”. Meet:

13. Too bad.

14. “Window shopping” is a co mmon phrase in Ameri ca. It means looking at items i n stores without buying th em.

15. “Eye shopping”, to an Am erican, sounds like you a re buying eyes.

16. Some commonly misused words.

17. Fun- Funny- entertaining humorous

18. Fun

19. Funny

20. cheating- cunning- breaking the rules intelligence, b eing sneaky

21. cheating

22. cunning

23. Some words with diff erent meanings in Ameri ca.

24. sharp Mechanical pencil

25. sharp

26. cider lemon-lime soft drink (Sprite, 7-up)

27. cider Fermented fruit juice

28. service free service

29. work, or army service

30. Combined words and ab breviations.

31. Sand- sandwich Officetel- small apartment Air con- air conditioner

32. There’s nothing wrong wit h using Konglish. Just make sure you know t he English words as wel l.

33. Commonly misspelled w ords in English (by Americans)

34. alot

35. WRONG WRON G WRONG WR ONGWRONG WRONGWRON G

36. alot -> a lot

37. definite

38. address

39. calendar

40. Their- possessive Look at their hair! There- position Over there! Look! They’re- contraction They’re on fire!

41. Its- possessive The sun is stretching its rays to my door. It’s- contraction It’s a nice day outside.