the first Korean music video that got 100 million views on YouTube. The Korean singer/rapper Psy then became an international star that reached the number two spot on the American Billboard Charts and number one on the Chinese music charts. He was even invited on the Ellen Show to perform his dance next to Britney Spears and Ellen Degeneres herself. These are prove that the Korean Wave (or Hallyu in Korea) is gaining more recognition not only in Asia‚ but also the world. With Korean culture in
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the path of learning. Korean language and culture is indeed a treasury of wisdom‚ which combines the principles of Asian ancient philosophy with modern perspective on daily life. I would like to draw my attention on the studies of Korean language and culture in order to convey this knowledge to the speakers of other languages‚ facilitate the globalization of Korean education‚ aim multi-cultural Korean society‚ and to be able to design creative and flexible understanding of Korean culture. Since I started
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listening to Korean musics watching Korean dramas. In statistic‚ since 2009‚ there is a dramatically increased in the d more people are listening to Korean music. College students are not studying foreign languages as much as they were. Starting in 2009‚ there was a decreasing of seven percent of the college students stop taking foreign language classes. However‚ there are more college students are taking Korean. There was an increasing of forty-five percent of college students are taking Korean language
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Post-Colonial Literature Not losing one’s sense of identification/culture with the colonizer’s culture Language itself engages in the creation of an ‘other’ with inferior connotations/associations; terms like “vernacular” or “native”. Travel histories/writing creates notions and myths about other cultures and civilization. History and a sense of civilization comes in only with the influence of the colonizers. Justification of the empire brought forth as a civilizing mission – a creation of
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The Confident Years‚ 1953-1964 Lecture/Reading Notes 1 (p. 324-330) I. A Decade of Affluence A. What’s Good for General Motors 1. New Republicanism Satisfied with postwar America‚ Eisenhower accepted much of the New Deal but saw _________________________________. Eisenhower’s first secretary of defense‚ “Engine Charlie” Wilson‚ had headed General Motors. At his Senate confirmation hearing‚ he proclaimed‚ “For years‚ I thought what ___________________________ was good for General Motors and vice versa
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Inspired by the article “How social networks can destroy your social life” by John Naughton ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Komal Prakash Friday 8 November 2012 A collage of posts posted on 3 different
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Korean civilization and Mayans civilizations were very different. First of all‚ they are located in the opposite side of the world. Secondly Koreans belongs to Asian society and Mayans to Central and South Americans. They eat different kind of food‚ and live in different environment/government system. Koreans are the people who have long history. People say that ancient Korean originated from Mongolia‚ as the time went on‚ people from a little villages started to movie down. As they grew bigger
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The Great Depression vs. the Great Recession Although both the Great Depression and Great Recession of 2008 are similar since they both had severe psychological effects and the deregulation of banks‚ and they differ in that the Great Depression occurred because of unequal distribution of wealth whereas the Great Recession occurred due to the push of becoming a homeowner regardless of credibility. If the United States wished to avoid future economic calamities‚ then its leaders should focus on providing
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Introduction In my Observation Paper‚ I wrote of how I received the assistance of Koreans when I had arrived. The collectivistic assistance of the Koreans was something I was especially amazed‚ as they could approach the people along the street whom they did not know‚ just to make sure I received the help I needed. Given this opportunity‚ I would be discussing about the collectivistic attitude of Koreans in the modern society‚ with an attempt to link the origins. This paper would also discuss on
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------------------------------------------------- KOREAN POETRY ------------------------------------------------- HYANGGA ------------------------------------------------- Hyangga poetry refers to vernacular Korean poetry which transcribed Korean sounds using Chinese characters (similar to the idu system‚ the hyangga style of transcription is called hyangch’al) and is characteristic of the literature of Unified Silla. It is one of the first uniquely Korean forms of poetry. The Koryo period Samguk Yusa
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