English – LEXIS SEOUL – 렉시스 코리아

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Since the first day of 2017, we welcomed students from School of Languages, our agent in Australia. Their schedule is broken down into morning session and afternoon session respectively. In the mornings, from 9am onwards, the students attend Korean language classes for 3 hours, followed by a tour around Seoul in the afternoon.

During the two weeks that the students were in Korea, we visited the following places:
– Gangnam Tour
– Dongdaemun Design Plaza
– Insadong
– Korean wave experience
– Nanta Show
– Namsan Hanok Village
– N Seoul Tower
– Kyungbok Palace
– K-pop dance class
– Lotte Mall Aquarium

It was through these various experiences that the students managed to not only learn but also enjoy Korea’s culture.

Whilst the students were here, we arranged for them to stay at homestay with local Korean families where they were able to make wonderful memories and learn more about our culture.

We hope the students had a great experience with us over the two weeks, and that it was memorable for everyone. If the group tour piqued your interest in the Korean culture and language, we hope you will continue studying the Korean language. We hope to meet all of you again in the near future.

2017년의 첫 날부터 렉시스 코리아를 찾아 준 School of Languages Agent 호주 학생들의 study tour를 소개합니다. 오전 9시부터 3시간동안 렉시스에서 한국어를 배우고 오후에 서울을 투어하는 스케줄이었는데요, 2주 동안 한국에 살면서 강남 투어, 동대문 디자인 플라자, 한류 체험, 난타 공연, 남산한옥마을, 남산타워, 경복궁, 댄스 체험, 아쿠아리움을 방문했습니다. 다양한 체험을 통해 한국 문화를 배우고 즐기는 시간이었지요. 또한, 홈스테이에 머물면서 한국 가족들과 추억도 만들고 한국 문화에 한 발짝 가까이 다가가기도 했습니다.
K-pop과 K-drama를 좋아하는 친구들답게 한국어 공부에도 더욱 흥미를 보였는데요, 수업 시간에 친구들 앞에서 한국어로 발표도 하고 서로를 인터뷰하는 활동에도 적극적이었습니다.
한국에서의 시간이 여러분에게는 어떤 기억이었나요? 한국에 대한 관심과 애정으로 호주에서도 한국어를 계속 공부하고 우리 어디에서든지 다시 만날 수 있었으면 좋겠습니다.
감사합니다.

땡땡이

땡땡이 as cute as it sounds as a slang expression, is a term used to refer to the action of skipping school or work to play and muck around instead. For example, Student A has a class to attend but he doesn’t feel like going. Instead Student A just wants to play truant and go to the PC 방 (internet cafe) to play with his friends. So he would say to Student B, “오늘 땡땡이 칠래?” which carries the meaning of “Shall we just skip school today and chill/hangout instead?”

땡땡이는 해야 하는 일을 하지 않고 게으름을 피우는 것이에요. 수업이 있는데 학교에 가고 싶지 않거나 회사 업무 시간에 밖에서 놀고 싶을 때 사용할 수 있어요. ‘땡땡이’는 ‘치다’ 동사와 만나서 ‘오늘 땡땡이 칠래?’, ‘땡땡이 치지 마세요!’라고 말할 수 있어요.

3- 농땡이

농땡이 on the other hand, is a term often used for those who are present at work or school, but aren’t focused on either their work or studies. The closest English terms to best explain this slang expression are ‘slack off’ and ‘laze around’.

In Korean we would say in casual speech, “농땡이 피우지 마!” which translates to “Don’t slack off!”. If you’re undertaking the Korean language program with us, please make sure that you don’t “농땡이” or muck around. Of course, we hope our students would play hard and enjoy their stay in Seoul, but also study just as hard. No pressure. 😉

‘농땡이’는 ‘땡땡이’와 의미가 비슷하지만 조금 달라요. 땡땡이는 학교나 회사에 아예 가지 않는 것이고 농땡이는 그 장소에 있지만 일을 제대로 하지 않는 것이에요. 둘 다 조금 귀여운 느낌을 슬랭이에요.