migala

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speaks: Korean

learns: English

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I'm a clinical psychologist in South Korea. I like book, psychology, and to learn English with podcasts.

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Free speaking test scores using Ringle

A few days ago, I tested my speaking level through Ringle. I had a conversation with a native. He is a Scotsman. He asked me some questions that I prepared ahead, but I was so nervous, so my speech
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Jun 3 - 1 min. read

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How to learn a heritage language

How to learn a heritage language npr.org/transcripts/1101187823 ​ *heritage language: "A heritage language is a minority language (either immigrant or indigenous) learned by its speakers at home as
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Jun 3 - 1 min. read

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English learning as a hobby

I find my way to speaking English. These days I feel that I almost find it. Today, I had a conversation with many people in different countries. Some weeks ago I didn't have confidence during
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May 15 - 1 min. read

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20 minutes conversation with a man from England (14)

It's various topics of today's conversation. Jay went to the beach with his wife Soon. I heard the beach many times, but the first time I saw the beach. He said that the weather is a little bit
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May 9 - 1 min. read

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20 minutes conversation with a man from England (12)

My England friend Jay played acoustic guitar when we were chatting on Whatsapp. I heard that he sometimes play guitar, and asked him to play guitar. He played some Maroon 5 songs and I watched his
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Apr 27 - 1 min. read

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20 minutes conversation with a man from England (11)

We talked about buying a house. He is in the process of buying a house. Recently he chooses the house to move and now deal the house price with the owner. He says that if the owner accepts his price,
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Apr 20 - 2 min. read

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My workout routine

I excercise every day. My most valuable thing to do is health. When I was 16 years old, I was sick. I had a stomach problem that needed surgery. So I was in hospital one month for sugery. After the
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Apr 11 - 1 min. read

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20 minutes conversation with a man from England (9)

I talked to Jay about the crisis of my career. As I mentioned earier, some politicians proposed the law about the contry's mental health system. The key point is qulification. They want to set the
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Apr 4 - 1 min. read

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"Evil is the result of ignorance."

A few days ago, some politicians in South Korea proposed laws about counseling. The laws include a qualification of counseling. In fact, Everyone who wants to be a counselor will become a counselor
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Apr 2 - 1 min. read

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20 minutes conversation with a man from England (8)

I talked with Jay. He had met broker who manage his contract about house early in the morning, so we talked 20 minutes later than usual. He had searched for new real estate, and looked a little bit
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Mar 28 - 1 min. read

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20 minutes conversation with a man from England (3)

Yesterday I talked with Jay. It's a third time to talk with him. Still I felt nervous, because nowadays I have felt frustrated a little bit about speaking in English. The conversation was started
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Feb 22 - 1 min. read

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20 minutes conversation with a man from England (2)

It's a second conversation with Jay. He looks like more easygoing than last weeks we met. I was preparing the conversation, for example, before we started, I listened and shadowing one of an episode
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Feb 14 - 1 min. read

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Useful cliche in the crisis of our time

I have limited time, but most of the time, I can't think about we are mortal. If I really accept the idea of we will die, what happen? Would I have hopelessness or do I live more fully authentic? ​
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Feb 9 - 1 min. read

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20 minutes conversation with a man from England

My wife has a friend who's nickname is 'Soon' live in south of England. Her husband who's name is Jay Murray is Englishman. They married 4 years ago. Several days ago Soon visited to Korea. She met
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Feb 7 - 1 min. read

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My vision

I dream of communicating fluently in English. And someday I will teach psychology in Emglish at the university.
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Dec 28 - 1 min. read

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What are you choosing to focus on?

Some group chat or website that I belong discuss topics which include hopeless issues. ​ There are always no answers. ​ It affects me in a negative way. ​ We are all good at looking at all the
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Dec 24 - 1 min. read

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악바리(It means a person never give up)

Adversity makes me more struggling to overcome it. I prove myself that I'm not a loser, but beside my mind there is always some vulnerability. I need to embrace it somewhat so that I prevent burnout.
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Dec 23 - 1 min. read

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Snowman

It snowed heavily. My daughter, son, and me made a little snowman in front of our house.
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Dec 18 - 1 min. read

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What do you want to achieve one year from now?

I want to achieve intermediate speaking level. ​ For this, I have to speak everyday, everyday I wake up I'm gonna speaking practice. I need to make this a priority. ​ Two years later, I will launch a
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Dec 17 - 1 min. read

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One day..

"Are you less confidant in English? Even if you could not speak immediately, perseverance is the answer. The more you are embarrassed, the more you should speak, even if you are less fluently or you
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Dec 15 - 1 min. read

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