Today’s theme: Learning a New Language

(top new years resolution)

As cliche as it might sound, most people have a goal for 2018. While one of the top ones may be that everlasting quest to lose weight, there are some other important ones on the list. According to a recent survey, for resolutions people keep visiting year after year, diet, exercise, and self-development were the top three, but in fourth place, over a quarter said they planned to study a foreign language. So it seems the new year brings many familiar challenges, but as the world becomes ever more globalised, the need and push towards learning a new way to speak - and perhaps a new way to think - is on many people’s minds. We look to get to grips with the idea of language learning.

The Conversationalist

with

Kong Seong-jae (공성재) or Korean Billy

Youtube star based here in Korea who attracted thousands of viewers all across the globe.

He runs a channel that teaches some of more than 30 British dialects

BBC introduced him as a knight in shining armor preserving northern accents

“You no doubt receive many compliments and a lot of praise as is evidenced by the huge numbers of views and comments you have on some of your youtube videos, but how would you rate your own ability in terms of language? Or how would you define ‘fluency’ according to your experiences?”

&

Jeremy from Motivate Korean on Youtube

“You said on one of your videos that instead of trying to learn the language, we need to surround ourselves with the language and try to absorb. Can you elaborate on this point?”

Media Monster

Black Mirror

Season 4

Next week: Genetic Engineering