This adorable notebook is great for writing notes, ideas, planning, organizing, creative writing, music journal, original gag, composition notebook, diary, journal gift for K-pop, kdrama Fans. Perfect gift for White elephant, Secret Santa, Valentines, Christmas, New years, Fathers day, Mothers day to co-workers, friends, and family. 100 blank lined white pages 6"x9" notebook, perfect size for your desk, backpack, school, home or work. Perfect sturdy matte softcover. Perfect for gel pen, ink or pencils. A cute notebook that is perfect for Christmas or Birthday gifts for family and friends.
Design features a heart hand with the Korean characters in Hangul for I love you (Saranghayeo). Perfect for fanatics of all things Korean who want to spread the love wherever they go. Makes a great gift for enthusiasts and lovers of Korean culture, from the kdramas on television to the music of K-pop. Serious fans who can't get enough of this cultural wave will wear this meme everywhere. Size 8.5x11 Inches, White Paper 100 Pages (50 sheets front/back) Glossy Finish Soft Cover Design Blank College Ruled Lines
Korean has been called "the most logical language there is," and with this friendly and thorough introduction you can quickly begin speaking conversational Korean! With a lighthearted and effective approach, Korean for Beginners starts by showing you just how reasoned and logical the Korean alphabet--hangul--actually is, and helps you master it quickly. Using realistic situations and conversations needed in modern Korea, commonly used vocabulary and detailed lessons, soon you'll be able to say with pride, "I know Korean!" This book is for people who want a grasp of how to speak, write and understand Korean--and who want to enjoy things while they're at it! Filled with fun manga illustrations and practical situations Online companion audio recordings provide native-speaker pronunciation of words and phrases 40 short videos by teacher Bryan Park teach you how to pronounce the Hangul alphabet, vowels, and consonants After completing Korean for Beginners you will be able to: Speak Korean as its spoken today, and read Korean hangul with ease! Converse with confidence using practical phrases and dialogues Successfully communicate in modern Korean situations, such as navigating cities, ordering food in restaurants or making plans All companion content is accessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-content
An army brat, Riley Jackson was forced from one country to another; Military base to Military base. Her father is then stationed in South Korean and once again Riley prepared herself for being alone and miserable. Then she meets Seungo Ji and life becomes better. Only, he's much, much older. Her father freaks and ships her back to Canada to get her away from Seungo. Years later, after her latest boyfriend turns into a toad, her best friend dies without leaving a will sending Riley into a custody battle with his parents, she heads to Seoul to see if there's still some feelings there between her and Seungo while she waits for a judge's decision. Seungo Ji has just returned from his mandatory two year military training. All he wants to do is see his brother, see his mother and make sure his brother didn't burn down his Entertainment business while he was away. But when he gets home, and there's a knock on the door, the last person he expects to be there, is Riley. Old feelings come rushing back and he has no idea how to deal with them. To make matters worse, now he's in a battle with Riley's hectic life, her father and both their hearts,
With an eye to the playful, reflexive, self-conscious ways in which global youth engage with each other online, this volume analyzes user-generated data from these interactions to show how communication technologies and multilingual resources are deployed to project local as well as trans-local orientations. With examples from a range of multilingual settings, each author explores how youth exploit the creative, heteroglossic potential of their linguistic repertoires, from rudimentary attempts to engage with others in a second language to hybrid multilingual practices. Often, their linguistic, orthographic, and stylistic choices challenge linguistic purity and prescriptive correctness, yet, in other cases, their utterances constitute language policing, linking 'standardness' or 'correctness' to piety, trans-local affiliation, or national belonging. Written for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in linguistics, applied linguistics, education and media and communication studies, this volume is a timely and readymade resource for researching online multilingualism with a range of methodologies and perspectives.
"Slangosphere: Navigating Global Street Talk and Social Media Buzzwords" is an encyclopedic journey through the colourful and diverse vernaculars of our global village. This dictionary stands as a testament to the rich tapestry of linguistic innovation found in urban environments and digital spaces across continents. From the vibrant street markets of Johannesburg to the bustling urban centres of London, New York, and Lagos, this volume captures the essence of contemporary street talk and digital communication. The dictionary is structured to provide readers with an alphabetical and numerical exploration of slang terms and social media language. It includes popular expressions from South Africa like "lekker" and "braai," West African favourites like "nyash," American and British urban lexicons, and universally recognized social media acronyms like "LOL" and regional favourites such as "SBWL." Each entry in "Slangosphere" not only provides definitions but also delves into the cultural origins and contextual usage of the terms. This approach offers insights into the social, cultural, and historical underpinnings of slang and social media language, highlighting how these expressions reflect societal trends, cultural identities, and generational shifts. In addition to being a linguistic guide, "Slangosphere" is also an educational tool that fosters understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity. It serves as a bridge for readers to connect with the nuanced and often unspoken aspects of global cultures, promoting cross-cultural understanding in an increasingly interconnected world. Through "Slangosphere," readers will embark on a linguistic adventure, gaining not just knowledge of words and phrases, but an appreciation for the dynamic and creative nature of language as it evolves within urban streets and the digital realm. This dictionary is an invaluable resource for linguists, cultural enthusiasts, social media aficionados, and anyone intrigued by the rich diversity of global street talk and the lexicon of the digital age
Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children.
Great Gift Idea for Kpop Lovers! Perfect blank lined journals for school, college or work to show your love of K-Pop. Bound to make friends and family laugh out loud. 110 lined pages to record your thoughts or school work and at a handy 6 x 9 size, this journal makes it ideal to slip into your bag, work on your desk or carry around easily compared to other journals. Makes a great back to school, birthday, graduation, Christmas or White Elephant gift idea for any family or friends who are crazy about Kpop!
This book offers an in-depth study of the globalization of contemporary South Korean idol pop music, or K-Pop, visiting K-Pop and its multiple intersections with political, economic, and cultural formations and transformations. It provides detailed insights into the transformative process in and around the field of Korean pop music since the 1990s, which paved the way for the recent international rise of K-Pop and the Korean Wave. Fuhr examines the conditions and effects of transnational flows, asymmetrical power relations, and the role of the imaginary "other" in K-Pop production and consumption, relating them to the specific aesthetic dimensions and material conditions of K-Pop stars, songs, and videos. Further, the book reveals how K-Pop is deployed for strategies of national identity construction in connection with Korean cultural politics, with transnational music production circuits, and with the transnational mobility of immigrant pop idols. The volume argues that K-Pop is a highly productive cultural arena in which South Korea’s globalizing and nationalizing forces and imaginations coincide, intermingle, and counteract with each other and in which the tension between both of these poles is played out musically, visually, and discursively. This book examines a vibrant example of contemporary popular music from the non-Anglophone world and provides deeper insight into the structure of popular music and the dynamics of cultural globalization through a combined set of ethnographic, musicological, and cultural analysis. Widening the regional scope of Western-dominated popular music studies and enhancing new areas of ethnomusicology, anthropology, and cultural studies, this book will also be of interest to those studying East Asian popular culture, music globalization, and popular music.
