claire14

"I'm only 25 - i haven't found an appropriate motto yet!"

Claire Boothby

28 / Female

Jeonju, Jeollabuk-Do, South Korea

About claire14

Member since 31st Jul 06

Citizenship: United Kingdom
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Youth Worker
About claire14:

Moving to Korea to teach English for 12 months. Then going backpacking until my money runs out. Check out my blog - http://claire14.travellerspoint.com

Hobbies:

Erm, drinking? And watching films. They're really the only hobbies I have.

Favourite places:

At the moment, Aviemore in Scotland. But I'm sure there will be plenty of others soon. I'm expecting Korea,Thailand and India to be high up on the list.

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Latest Blog Entry

Hangukmaleul chal motayo

Posted by claire14 | 4th February 2007

Okay - I have been having Korean lessons fortnightly, for about 2 months, so I thought I'd give you a brief guide to the Korean I've learnt so far:

The first thing I had to learn is the Korean alphabet, as the Korean language uses characters rather than romanised letters. My friend Maria, who has lived in Korea, did an admirable job of teaching me most of the alphabet before I left. However, because I didn't keep practicising it or using it, I forgot it again.

Unfortunately I can't show you it here because this blog doesn't support Korean. But its quite different to Chinese and Japanese characters. The unique written form, Hangeul, was created in 1446 by King Sejong the Great. His aim was to create a simple alphabet that could be understood by the masses and apparently he was so successful that Korea has one of the highest literacy rates in the world. Each letter in represents a sound and is put into a block that forms a syllable. The letters are then read in a cl

Continued | My year in Korea