#영국남자 Korean Englishman

[khakilike]

So many stars on the Dodgers and Padres, and all of them missed out!* Unless they were eating Hanwoo while these guys were stuck eating tteokbokki ...

*Don't be fooled by Ohtani in the thumbnail.

[minyo129]

221221 SHINee official account update: MINHO with Josh & Ollie for Korean Englishman ep

#영국남자 ❤️‍🔥.

#민호 #MINHO

#샤이니 #SHINee

#CHASE

[dazzlingkai]

mark & jaehyun @ 영국남자 Korean Englishman

[misunderst0od]

Will Smith Reacts to Korean Beauty Products

[mimnesia]

HOW did i not know that lewis was on 영국남자

[sugargliderowl]

Happy Birthday Josh 🥕🎂!!

(당근 농담은 당근 넣어야죠!)

My exams ended on Josh’s birthday, so I decided to draw this as a present and as a declaration of freedom from exams. This is based on one of their recent videos on JOLLY with the Carrot Theme (the chaos is just 10/10). HAPPY BIRTHDAY!💛

For those who don’t know, Korean Englishman(영국남자) is a channel that is run by Josh and Ollie and their crew! They introduce Korean culture to people from their friends to celebrities, and as a Korean myself, I would highly recommend it when you want to learn about Korean culture (the language is done more on their second channel, JOLLY). I watched it since I was about in 5th grade because I was interested in how foreigners thought of Korea, and watching the channel evolve through the years (it’s been about 5-6 years... wow) is such a fortunate experience for me. So thank you.

This didn’t take me that long surprisingly compared to other drawings, but it was still quite difficult because of the change in style in the middle of doing it: I wanted to make it pastelly, but something happened so I had to make it look more vintage-like... which turned out as this. The hard part was definitely shading, but it turned out sO NICELY, AND I AM OVERJOYED! My watercolor skills are getting better... my gosh yes.

And for those who didn’t know, yes, I am Korean, and I’m fluent in Korean.

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[allmystuffsahhh]

I’m legitimately so excited for the new Korean Englishman series, I’ve been waiting for Ollie’s series for AAGGES now

[xiao-lusi]

Josh: Chilli prawns

Ollie: Chilli prawns

Ollie, with confidence: WILLY PRAWNS

Mark:

Jaehyun:

[emetophobiahelp]

if anyone watches Korean Englishman ( 영국남자 ) the ‘British Twins go Training with the Korean Army Commandos’ video is generally not safe

ollie g**s throughout from once they start excising. I haven’t watched it with sound so not sure about audio but visual of him r****ing (no visual of actual v* although he says he did v*) interspersed from 11.50 onwards. it’s safe again from 13.20.

should mention: the trailer for this series at the end of videos also includes visual and audio of him g**ing from this episode.

[korstudying]

Study sources🧠

Self-studying isn’t always easy. It can be very overwhelming and you have no idea where to start. To help you a bit, here are some sources that I use to study Korean.

Grammar📕

Talk To Me In Korean (Website/books)

I use TTMIK as my main study source. It’s great and structured! It explains things really well and detailed. It contains 9 levels, each with up to 31 lessons for free! You can take these lessons at your own speed. Besides the free lessons TTMIK also has a bookstore where you can actually buy the lessons in actual books, for those who prefer studying on paper rather than on a computer. Other than the lessons they have multiple other books you can purchase. You can also upgrade your account to a premium account which gives you access to even more lessons, quizzes, certificates and dialogue videos. But I promise you, even with a free account, TTMIK is definitely one of the best sources out there. 

Korean From Zero (Pdf)

When I first started learning Korean this was my first “textbook”. It’s a free downloadable textbook with exercises. Just like TTMIK, it helps a lot with grammar and explains things really well. The only thing is that it’s not as broad as TTMIK. Korean From Zero is a bit more compact. 

Duolingo (App/website)

Ah, yes, everyone who tries to study a language has heard about Duolingo. The scary green bird that follows you in your dreams and will not let you live if you miss a lesson... Duolingo is great for studying Korean as well, unfortunately in my opinion it does miss some explanations and it goes from 0 to 100 really quickly. So I suggest, use Duolingo as a “test” for yourself, the exercises are great and they make you think. For the fundamental grammar, I’d suggest to use TTMIK or KFZ. The sad thing about Duolingo is that it works with those damn hearts. If you make 5 mistakes, you need to wait until you get a new heart. Obviously this is their way to hope you upgrade to Duolingo Plus. Can’t really blame them, they need a way to get the moneys as well. Doesn’t take away that as you are learning a language, having to stop and wait isn’t really progressive... Especially since you’ll make a lot of mistakes in the beginning which can cause frustration. Nonetheless, still a great source to study!

Vocabulary📗

Drops (App)

Drops is an app where you can study Korean vocabulary for 5 minutes a day for free. If you upgrade your account, you can study endlessly. In the free version some topics are locked, but still there are plenty of free topics! It’s great to build your vocabulary.

Quizlet (App/website)

Quizlet is a great place to study vocabulary. You can join our Korean class and find all the vocabulary study sets I make based on the themes and WOTD’s on my tumblr and Drops. You can join the Quizlet class here. Beside my study sets, you can find plenty of other sets through the search button!

Other📘

Jolly (Youtube)

Believe it or not, but Youtube has some great videos for learning Korean. I’m not a huge fan of watching videos to study, but for some it definitely works. One of the Youtubers I do watch, is Jolly. It’s a shared channel run by both Josh and Ollie. Josh is British but can speak multiple languages, including Korean. In their Korean lessons, Josh attempts to teach Ollie Korean. Anytime I watch it, I die laughing. They are friends with 선현우 (Hyeonwoo Sun), the brain behind TTMIK. He too has been on their channel! Besides teaching Ollie Korean, they also show the Korean culture and take you on trips around Korea. I’m sure anyone who watches them will fall in love with their channel! 

영국남자 - Korean Englishman (Youtube)

This is one of the most famous Korean-English Youtubers with almost 4 million subscribers. Guess what? It’s Josh’s solo channel. Ollie is involved in this channel too, but behind the scenes. On this channel Josh introduces Korean food to (famous) people, which is great if you want to learn things about the Korean culture!

HelloTalk (App)

This is an app where you can chat with native Korean speakers. You can see a list of Koreans trying to learn your language and then you can start a conversation. From my own experience, you’re definitely the one who needs to start the conversation, but after that you can make some great friends! 

Kpop/Kdrama

Now this one is quite a difficult one. Some say it’s great to get a feeling for the speech and the understanding yet at the same time it’s not the natural speaking. No one in the real world is going to use some poetic words to widely describe how much they are in love with you. However, imo, it has helped me greatly with getting a grasp of the flow of the language. Whereas in the beginning everything sounded like it was just mushed together, it has helped me to hear the separate words. And well, vocabulary speaking, it helps a lot as well, even if you’ll most likely never use it in the real world haha. 

Feel free to add your own resources!! 

[khakilike]

There are six boys plus Josh and Mr. Smith, so on paper 8-on-8 would be a fair fight, but in reality half a fromis is as much as eight Brits can handle 🤣. Even so, the boys got off easy: Chaeyoung and Jiheon would have WRECKED them!

[aberrationatthevampiremansion]

Resources I use to learn Korean

Two posts in 24 hours, shocking, I know. We all have to fill the void somehow. This is a longgggg post so I’ll put the “keep reading” page break here to avoid clogging your dash.

Duolingo - This is where I started. Wouldn’t really recommend it, except for if you’re struggling with memorising and reading 한글 (hangeul - the Korean writing system). In that case, the first few lessons can be helpful because they basically just chuck letter blocks at you and make you learn how they sound.

How To Study Korean (HTSK) - a website that breaks up learning the language into 7 units (plus a Unit 0 to learn 한글, and an additional unit for 한자 - hanja - the equivalent Chinese characters that are commonly used in Korea). Within each unit there are about 25 lessons, which each introduce both vocabulary, verbs, grammar points, the works. I found it really great, especially since it’s entirely free, with the exception of supplementary resources like printable/PDF booklets to accompany each lesson. There are also audio recordings for the vocab and example sentences, and YouTube videos that you can use to test your knowledge and familiarity with the content of each lesson (sentence practice, reading practice, dictation, and an “apply yourself” that uses new vocabulary with the learned concepts). As far as I know, these go up to the end of Unit 1. The explanations are pretty clear as well. I know that they also offer at least some of the lessons in varying languages, but I can’t tell you much about the quality or extent of these, since I’m a native English speaker and have only used the English resources. The way I roughly structured my learning with HTSK was, I would dedicate one to two weeks per lesson, and each day would be a combination of two of the following - reading and digesting the content, making or reviewing the vocab list (I’ll get to programs I use for this in a bit), one of the videos (sentence/reading/dictation), and at the end of the week or two weeks, I would test myself on the vocabulary, do the apply video, and make an overview of the content and any notes I felt were important in my notebook. I also wrote down all the example sentences, because chunking is a very effective way of learning for me, although I’m starting to add example sentences to my vocabulary reviews to help me with useful, everyday sentences, and learning through context (for example, in the list I would include both the word 뭐 - what, and the phrase 뭐예아? - what is it?)

(https://www.howtostudykorean.com/)

Talk To Me In Korean (TTMIK) - a company(?) based in South Korea who run a website, YouTube channel, and Spotify podcast (and probably more; these guys are everywhere). There are varying memberships at varying price points for the online lessons - yes, there is a free one - and an extensive bookstore on their website for all fluency levels,  한글 practice, grammar, theory, et cetera. Pretty much everyone I’ve come across who is learning Korean is doing it primarily through TTMIK’s resources. I like learning from textbooks, and I really, really appreciate that the units are parallel between the theory book, grammar book, and podcast episodes, so TTMIK is what I’m currently using. If anyone’s curious, I have the TTMIK Level 1 textbook and workbook, as well as Real-Life Korean Conversations For Beginners (for a bit extension work to keep me going when I’m feeling particularly masochistic, and for after I finish the L1 books). With the textbook and workbook, you can download/access the audio files for dictation exercises and such, through Google Drive and Dropbox. I tend to listen to the podcast episodes on the bus to school, as a passive review of the units I’ve already done. I love the podcasts because I’m a very aural learner.

(https://talktomeinkorean.com/)

Quizlet - I know, I know, it’s not specifically a Korean language resource. I’ve been using Quizlet for quite a few years now, mainly because my French teachers set a lot of review work through Education Perfect, which is also great, but can be a very frustrating and meticulous way of learning vocabulary in particular. You have to get the answer exactly right, and can’t personalise your learning because of how rigid the program is. I get it; it has to be a reputable global resource so changes or suggestions need to go through a team, but it wasn’t my schtick. Enter Quizlet. Much more flexibility. How meticulous your responses have to be is up to you; basically it puts you in charge of your own learning. It’s not perfect but it is good for self-study especially considering the lack of languages available on Education Perfect. 

(https://quizlet.com/latest)

Youtube people!

Lindie Botes - she. speaks. so. many. languages. and gives a lot of advice on her YouTube channel. I also really love her openness on topics like language guilt, demotivation, and normalising the changing of goals. Keeps it real. She’s not a native speaker, for reference.

Abby P - I saw some video that “exposed her” or something, but I haven’t been bothered to watch it; her pronunciation videos were helpful to me when I started learning  한글. Her boyfriend is a native speaker.

JOLLY and 영국남자 Korean Englishman - Josh and Ollie are pretty fun to binge for some passive input learning and culture-based content. They will always put you in the mood for KBBQ, promise. Josh speaks, from what I can tell, very good conversational Korean, and The JOLLY channel has a playlist for Ollie’s Korean Learning Challenge. Neither of them are native speakers, but many of their friends are.

Conversational Korean - I don’t know who you are, but you’re very likeable regardless. They have a bunch of videos for reading and pronunciation practice, vocab lists, phrases, honestly I should have invested more time exploring their resources but this post is long enough and I’m very lazy.

There are certainly more than these guys, so hunt around and cross-reference your sources, always. Dude my back hurts from slouching over this damn laptop.

[ctrl-alt-languages]

𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓉𝓊𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝓁𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓊𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 / 𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒶𝓁 "𝒾𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃"

here are some of my favorite channels for language learning as well as cultural immersion (not really immersion, but really just helping me get a grip of the cultures of my target languages) the links to these channels are in their names (bolded)

❒︎ 영국남자 Korean Englishman: this is a great channel if you are interested in korean culture and cuisine. it’s basically two guys, josh and ollie (ollie is usually behind the camera), and they bring foreigners and celebrities to korea to experience the diversity and uniqueness of korean cuisine! they are pretty popular in korea, and they also have korean + english subtitles in all of their videos since they use the languages pretty interchangeably. they also sometimes throw in travel video concepts, if they go to korean festivals or saunas and such. i highly reccommend you watch them if you are interested in korean or just korea in general!

❒︎ JOLLY: this channel is just  영국남자 Korean Englishman ‘s side channel, where josh teaches ollie korean lessons using the ‘talk to me in korean” book series. this channel somewhat focuses on korean food/culture/language, but they mostly focus on other things, sometimes unrelated to korea.

❒︎ Lindie Botes: lindie botes is a south african graphic designer and polyglot! she has learned many languages (most strong in japanese + korean) so she has a great channel if you are geared to those two! she also touches base on languages such as chinese, french and afrikaans (i believe she has a side channel for that since she is a native speaker) and reviews language textbooks, apps, etc. she also has a mini-show where she collabs with different polglots and talks about learning many languages and the experiences/struggles that come with learning so many languages. 

❒︎ DKDKTV: this isn’t exactly a language channel, but rather culture. this channel includes to korean guys who conduct street interviews and have their own “mini news show”, both of which discuss pop culture and rising issues in korea. they’re a great channel, very informative since they deliver the news objectively, but also through the eyes of a korean (i heard about most of the korean news and issues from them, so i find them quite educational and pretty credible as they deliver the news accurately. 

❒︎ Asian Boss: this channel is amazing- they encompass pretty much all of asia, from pakistan to vietnam to japan! they are a group of people who conduct street interviews on ordinary civilians in a certain country so that they can share their opinions on different issues in their respective countries. they also do interviews on more well-known or profound people and are very informative! some of their street interviews include: reacting to stereotypes, beauty standards, foreigners, etc. i personally learned a lot about other asian countries through this and i highly recommend this channel if you are interested in one of the countries they cover! 

❒︎ DamonAndJo: this channel is suuuuper entertaining! it consists of a duo (damon and jo) who travel around the world and immerse themselves in the culture and lifestyle of the country they are in. they also have some videos that discuss language learning, and have touched base upon french, portugese, spanish, german, italian, and many more. they are mostly european / romantic language oriented, so if you are interested in any of those, i highly recommend that you watch them! :)

❒︎ 달씨Darcie : this channel is great for cultural immersion, as she is a young high school student who posts about what life is like in the korean school system. she also recently started vlogging, so she touches base upon daily life and other korean cultural experiences. 

❒︎ Hanna Vanharanta: this channel is similar to the previous one; it is sun by a high school girl who is biracial and lives in hong kong. she speaks in cantonese in most of her videos, so it is super helpful if you are trying to learn the language! in her videos, she shows what life is like in hong kong and provides great insight on the life, culture, and overall mindset of the people there. 

❒︎ The World of Dave데이브: i don’t really watch this channel as often as i used to since the video material is pretty similar, but this channel pretty much shows and explains linguistic similarities and differences between korean dialects and also east asian languages. it’s really interesting and also very entertaining!

❒︎ Jasmine Lipska: this channel is also run by a biracial girl who lives in new zealand (or australia, i don’t remember which) and she has videos on language learning and language tips (how to learn a language through songs, fastest way to speak fluently, how to learn several languages at once, etc.). she also has many videos on mandarin chinese, since she is half chinese. however, language learning isn’t her channel’s only focus, since she emphasizes travelling and self, care, both of which, in my opinion, are quite important during the process of learning a language or immersing in a culture. 

❒︎ Euodias: this channel is not exactly for language learning or for cultural immersion, since this channel has veered off that course a while ago, but her earliest videos show her life when she (euodias) was an exchange student in japan. she later explains the process of being an exchange student and i think it will be helpful and interesting for those who would like to go on a foreign exchange sometime in the future. 

this is all of the channels i can think of for now, if you liked this post and you want more recs, feel free to ask me and i will gladly make a part 2!! :)))

[k-g-r-d]

Half of my life, I’ve been obsessed about Japan. How I want to live in Japan and such stuff, but as I’ve been to Japan last year, and studied some of the culture of Japan, I realized that it’s Japan is very difficult place to survive. I planned and planned on how to go to Japan and the closest thing that I was able to accomplish was to be on an international field trip to Japan, which I’m truly grateful for my parents. Ever since, I had a different outlook on about how I wanted to move to Japan, my mindset changed, my motivation declined, and so on. It’s a wonderful country I’m not gonna lie, but given my habit and such there are so maaaany things to consider. So for the past months, my obsession hasn’t changed but my mind changed when it comes to moving to Japan. Do I really want to move there? I know it’s too early for me to give up on my dreams, but it’s not bad to have another dream right? We can all dream about the things that we would want to accomplish in the near future and it’ll take time and effort, and a whole lot of sweat, tears, and blood. I still consider this option. But.

But lately, I’ve been drawn to Korean Culture. Not because of Korean drama and such. I’ve been around Korean people for like, 7 or 8 years, or maybe more. I never really welcomed their culture. Sure, I like listening to K-Pop now, watching K-Drama and TV Shows here and there. But I never really appreciated Korean Culture as a whole. Well maybe because I got off on the wrong foot with some of my Korean Friends, but that doesn’t mean it can’t change the impression that I had towards them right?

Lately, I’ve started binge watching on a YouTube channel called “Korean Englishman” or “영국남자” and they’ve showcased a lot about Korean culture through food and other stuff. Little did I know watching these videos ignited a spark, a spark in which I decided that I wanted to explore more of what he showcase in their videos. This spark even made me start learning Hangeul. So looking back at the plans that I made before to move to Japan. I now have a long term plan to move to Korea. 

The plan is as follows: 

Long and Short Term Plan to move to Korea. Step 1: Study at KCCP from Basic Korean to Intermediate Korean Time frame of Step 1: Basic Korean (12 Weeks) Elementary Korean 1 (12 Weeks) Elementary Korean 2 (12 Weeks) Intermediate Korean 1 (12 Weeks) Intermediate Korean 2 (12 Weeks) Total: 60 Weeks or 1 Year and 2 Months Step 1.5: Take all TOPIK Certification Test Step 2: Look for available internship in Korean Companies Note: This is because I'm close to graduating. (I know it's been 7 years but I'm trying hard okay?) So I can prolong my stay in school to get an OJT for International Companies, or after I graduate I could find an opening in Korean companies that accepts foreign nationals Step 3: Get a job in Korea Pre-requisite: Accomplish Step 2 If I can't accomplish step 2&3 move on to step 4 Step 4: Start a business in Korea. Step 5: If all else fail, find a Korean person to date and marry. HAHAHA

I’m writing this so that I could look back on something and say, wow I really made it happen. Planning something is not something that I usually do, but if I’m really dedicated to something (like my weight loss journey that I started 2 months ago) I will have the desire to make it happen. 

[studyraee]

Tips for learning Korean

-Korean Unnie on YouTube....she has great videos on Korean language basics, and I've used a lot of things that I've seen in her videos.

-Duolingo. Duolingo is cool and all, but it's very repetitive, so it may get boring quickly. I would not recommend for people who aren't absolute beginners.

-Korean variety shows: These are great, I find myself understanding a lot of what's going on as a beginner. I personally like weekly idol, but there are tons of variety shows.

-The Korean Englishman (영국남자)/JOLLY: I prefer Jolly, I can understand what is being said (in the first episodes) without subs, however, there are Korean and English subs, and it's hilarious. I would pair it with the TTMIK textbooks.

-Learn the alphabet. As tempting as it is, romanization only complicates pronunciation, and you can't communicate with native speakers. A lot of Korean people don't even know what romanization is.

-Write frequently. I'll have to look into the reasoning behind Hangul's stroke order, but writing frequently (I suggest kpop lyrics or short stories if kpop isn't your thing), helps you to learn the stroke order and your handwriting gets better.

-Just pure listening. You might be surprised at how much you know, but watch Korean YouTuber with no subs.

-Talk To Me In Korean (TTMIK/티티믹). I own the level 1 textbook and workbook and I love it! The lessons are online however the books include exercises. I would recommend the books for people who know the alphabet and that's all. They can be pricey, but the average book is $12.

-LANGUAGE EXCHANGE APPS WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE. Chances are, you live in a country where Korean is not the primary language spoken...so apps like Tandem or Italki give you a chance to use what you know with natives.

-Most importantly, have fun with it! Personalize your learning to suit you!

[studytherin]

Hi, I was wondering maybe you could suggest some channels to watch to improve my Korean? Or just cool channels in general. Thanks^^

here is a list of youtubers that i really like (mostly they are either foreigners that live in korea or koreans that live abroad or can speak english really well)- Youjin유진- Korean Unnie 한국언니- 흐림Heurim- 휘트니 whitneybae - 영국남자 Korean Englishman- 국가비GabieKook- suminnie- Jeannie지니 츕스- Gelindigkeit겔린디히카이트- Daily Bkkang+ jaesix and rilaccoco aka my favourite people on youtube ever although they rarely speak korean in their videos lol

i also recommend watching web dramas by the way- 우리처음만났을때기억나?- a day before us- playlist global (‘seventeen’ web drama is so good!!)