Make the story a comprehensible input by listening to it in three steps!

Step 1 - Listen to the story with some English words mixed in.

Step 2 - Listen to the same story 100% in Korean (slowly narrated).

Step 3 - Listen to it at a natural speed.

In today’s episode, we are going to learn about common greeting gestures Koreans use and also common greeting words. And, in case you need them, cheesy pick-up lines in Korean,

Summary of the Episode: Section 1 (오늘의 한국말) = 느끼하다; Section 2 (재미있는 한국 이야기) = 인사; Section 3 (깊은 얘기) = 시각 차이

In today’s episode, we are going to learn about common greeting gestures Koreans use and also common greeting words. And, in case you need them, cheesy pick-up lines in Korean,

Summary of the Episode: Section 1 (오늘의 한국말) = 느끼하다; Section 2 (재미있는 한국 이야기) = 인사; Section 3 (깊은 얘기) = 시각 차이

It's Sponge Quiz Time! Five questions and five answers, all in Korean. Once you are done, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING AGAIN for deeper listening. In other words, listen to the descriptions and clues again while knowing all the answers.

Make the story a comprehensible input by listening to it in three steps!

Step 1 - Listen to the story with some English words mixed in.

Step 2 - Listen to the same story 100% in Korean (slowly narrated).

Step 3 - Listen to it at a natural speed.

Sponge Loop is a collection of Korean stories for Korean listening practice. To get the free transcripts and translations for Sponge Loops, please go to http://spongemind.org

-Created by SpongeMind

The category for the second episode of Sponge Quiz is... sports. Five questions and five answers, all in Korean. Once you are done, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING AGAIN for deeper listening. In other words, listen to the questions and clues again while knowing all the answers.

If you want to tell someone “You crossed the line” in Korean, there is the perfect expression for that. And you can use it for other things too, which makes it a very useful idiom. In addition to that, we are going to discuss why you see very few trash cans on Korean streets. And then a few words about Donald Trump…

Summary of the Episode: Section 1 (오늘의 한국말) = 막 나가다; Section 2 (재미있는 한국 이야기) = 한국 거리에 쓰레기통이 없는 이유; Section 3 (깊은 얘기) = 시각 차이

If you want to tell someone “You crossed the line” in Korean, there is the perfect expression for that. And you can use it for other things too, which makes it a very useful idiom. In addition to that, we are going to discuss why you see very few trash cans on Korean streets. And then a few words about Donald Trump…

An episode of 'Jonson's TMI' where he talks about his daily life in a simple, colloquial speech style.