Skygrid

I had a presentation this afternoon. I picked 'skygrid' as my presentation topic. I was suppose to choose Press reader.
And now i am happy with Skygrid.

I used skygrid everyday. Whenever i was bored, I opened the application up and see the interesting news.
I think it works. Even though i just read headline of news, I can improve  vocabulary and reading skills.

Skygrid is a famous application in U.S.
I saw many review video of Skygrid on the Youtube.

I hope everyone in our class to use this application at least 10mins.
It is all provided in english. I know it is hard to install and start using this application. But i bet that if you try once, you will fall in love with it.

I also listened to Arirang Radio as well.
I like new season. But, I am not used to new season yet.
I'm getting used to it.
What a sad thing is one of my favorite show, Bob&Yujin is
over.  I loved this program so much.

I think I made remarkable progress in English.
Especially listening section!!  I got high score on my toeic listening test.  I didin't study and i just listened to Arirang radio everyday for an hour.  I was surprised of my result!!  I will keep doing it!

New season !!! Arirang Radio

I listened to Arirang radio as usual.
The broadcasting station made an extensive change to its programs.
It's new season for arirand radio.
I'm not sure but they reorganize and update thier program every 6months.

I tried all of new programs.
There are many new programs for example, Korean book, Korean movie,
Korean food and festival.

My favorite one is Korean movie.
There was a program about korean drama last season.
But i prefer movie to drama. I don't like to wait until next episode to come out.
There are 2 guests in the program. One is professor in Kyeonghee University.
Anther guest is Student who is studying Korean movie at Hanyang University.
I like both of them.  I think they know better about Korean movie than
native korean.  They provided us short story of the movie, the directors and
actors too.

I also like the new program 'video and audio'.
There is one guest everyweek and he visited or participated special festival is held in korea.
and recorded it by video.  I can watch the video and listen to the arirang radio at the same time.
It really helps to understand better and it is fun to watch the video!!!

Process of learning english

It's been a hard week. I was very sick. I had a sore throat and fever.
I tried to keep listening Arirang Radio on my way to school and home.
But it was hard to focus on listening.
I think the pill i took, it made me feel sleepy.

I listened "Catch the wave. They have a monthly topic about Food and heath. "Fasting" is this week's topic. According to the guest who is famous oriental doctor in korea, Fasting is important to keep our body health. It was not that hard to understand this program.
I think i'm used to listening.

And i also tried New application.
It's newsreading application " Skygrid".
I tried once at the begining of this semester.
I have a presentation next week and this application is one of our
topics. I will use this applicataion before i go to bed.

Heard Surprising news

I read this news by Newsreading application "Skygrid".
South Korea’s president fired her spokesman Yoon Chang-jung. 
Yoon was one of members for President Park Geun-hye’s state visit to the U.S. He was accused sexually assaulting a 21-year-old intern hired by the Korean Embassy. and  He held a news conference and insisted not guilty.
I don’t know why i can’t find any news related with yoon on Chosunilbo. That’s why i attached the picture instead of link.

Listen & Speak

I tried new android app for english language learning. It is "Listen & Speak". It is also free and very simple application.

I went to google and did a good search and i found this app. So, I downloaded it and used the application every night.

I think this is good Android app that helps language learners improve their language ability with a set of predefined templates of how words should be pronounced and understood.

We can learn not only english but also spanish.
If you look at it another way, it can be a weakness. I like this app as i mentioned. but i don't think there are enough materials to learn english.


And the english translations are not quite right. I think they just put the words into google translation. I think it's hard to find the right
app for me.  Arirang Raido is the best app i have used ever.

Process of learning English "Korea Today"

I 've been watching "Korea Today" this all week.
I think News is quite different with Radio.
I want to say that Political news is hard to understand.
I'm interested in politics. So i tried to watch the news about
inside of Korea.

I heard about Kaesung Factory many times on the News.
The president of S.Korea, Park  decieded to close Kaesung factory.
N.Korea ignored a deadline for talking from S.korea.
Most of the 50 remaining South Korean workers went back to S. Korea last monday.

I think that Kaesung factory is closed temporary.
There has been no response from North Korea.

I like this application. It makes me understand better.
It's because the application provides me sound and video clips.
I tried watching CNN news to widen my vision.
But it's hard to follow the contents.
So, I will keep watching and trying Arirang news first,
Then i will try CNN news later.

Digital storytelling Script

Digital storytelling
All about me

Hello
My name is Gyeong Tae Park.
I'm 26years old.
My major is Business management.
But I'm interested in English education.
Teaching english is fun to me.
Frankly speaking, I don't like my major.
I'm not good at accounting, economics and business science.

I live near 경복궁 station.
I'm glad that my home is close to Chung ang university.
I’m taking 7 courses this semester.
I’m taking this class to study english education using computer and smart phone application. also I want to make many new friends here.

I have one sister.
She lives in china  She is a nurse.
I haven't seen her for a long time. so I miss her so much.

I'm learning French these days.
I think it's a beautiful language and also I want to visit france someday.

I have special interest in politics.
It's not necessary for everyone to be interested in politics. But more and more people are becoming indifferent to politics and fewer people are interested in politics.

I like cooking.
I think i'm a good cook.
It's because I am living by myself for a long time.
I usually eat fast foods but I try to cook every weekend.
I can cook many kind of food such as spaghetti, kimchi fried rice.
I enjoy eating delicious food.
My favorite food is spaghetti.
Testing good spaghetti makes me happy.

These days my hobbies are reading and hiking.
I like reading. I like romance, fantasy and history book.
I don't like going out on a rainy day.
So, when it rains outside, I stay home and I spend the whole day in reading.
When I was in highschool, There was a second hand book store nearby
my home. So I used to go there and got some books.

Also I like to hike in the mountain such as 북한 mountain
It’s a not really high mountain.  It is a nice hill.
I go swimming every morning, and go hiking once a month

I want to work at trading company after I graduate from Chung ang university.
Trade is one of the most biggest parts in korea. I want to apply for major trading company first and I want to start my own business someday.

This ends my digital storytelling
Thank you for listening.

Digital storytelling

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Park Gyeong Tae