If you feel you want to buy me some bean juice to keep me energized, I won't say no. But to be completely honest, this is what I love to do. And it is what I would love to do full time. I know it isn't feasible and so I am simply happy with what I can make. So your support means the world to me.
Hello (안녕하세요), my name is Sammie (쌔미) and I run a site called Korean From Context. A fun, new way to learn Korean. We teach you what you don't know from what you do know around it. aka: by the context. aka: Korean From Context. The biggest part of our site, is the book we write, posting weekly chapters to keep our readers begging to know what is going to happen to the fun new k-drama couple, but also learning Korean phrases they can then yell at us when we leave them hanging yet again. We also have a large blog section that is filled with a ton of new and different topics. From traveling like a k-pop idol, k-beauty reviews, our top 10 lists, all the way to k-pop concert reviews, Korean fashion, and Korean Drama episode recaps. And every aspect teaches the reader Korean!
This is the Korean from Context Ko-fi page. I have been an avid Korean Pop and Korean Drama junkie for the last ten or so years. Since getting into said Korean things, I realized I was slowly starting to pick up words and phrases used fairly often. I’m sure many fans of the genre can agree that they have also picked up certain phrases. After getting my start on the knowledge train, I wanted to learn even more of the language. So I bought study books and tried to dive in head first. It was so BORING! For me, at least, the breaking down to the point I was stressing out over something that was supposed to be fun, made me hate the idea of learning a new language. It was frustrating! I wanted to bang my head against a wall and throw in the towel. If you want to make something fun, try to not make it so clinical. I mean, that’s probably why my high school Spanish never stuck. The only thing I could say the books helped with was the pronunciation and grammatical symmetry of the Hangul. Other than that, I wasn’t able to get any sort of enjoyment or feeling of accomplishment from the books. What I realized, was that simply watching K-dramas and listening to K-pop was more helpful to me. I even had a Korean mail lady at my old surf and skate shop who I would ask questions and she would give me the correct pronunciations. Soon, she had let me start calling her 언니 (older sister spoken from another female). I came to realize I was learning from what I heard in context. And from that I’ve grown in my knowledge and have chosen to continue my studies in a unique way. I want to use my writing and I want to bring you guys along. So here is my pitch: How fun would it be to learn a new language while falling in love? Korean From Context is my baby. It’s the idea that a person can learn from what’s being said around what they don’t necessarily know. It’s my platform for a new type of genre. Educational Romance. On this ko-fi, we plan to share unseen photos of concerts we photographed, and even some commissioned scenarios etc. We are so excited to start this journey! Hope you'll follow along :)
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