(Published: May 17, 2024 – 05:35) Defining proficiency in a second language is one of the most controversial topics in second-language education. In the past,…
(Published: May 3, 2024 – 05:37) As the AI boom spreads and puts down ever deeper roots, questions about the future of foreign language education…
(Published: April 19, 2024 – 05:30) By any measure, the results of the April 10 National Assembly elections were a disaster for President Yoon Suk…
(Published: April 5, 2024 – 05:37) Happiness popped back in the news recently with the release of the “2024 World Happiness Report.” The report made…
(Published: 2024-03-22 05:24) When people think of multilingual cities, big names like New York and London immediately come to mind. Other important global hubs, such…
(Published: 2024-03-08 05:39) South Korea’s low fertility rate made the news again recently after a government report predicted that the rate would fall to a…
(Published: 2024-02-23 05:31) Ask former residents of Seoul, Korean and foreign alike, what they miss most about the city, many will cite the mountains in…
(Published: 2024-02-09 05:30) On a recent visit to Seoul, I noticed something that had never caught my attention before: smoking in outdoor nonsmoking areas. As…
(Published: 2024-01-26 05:13) For much of January, I had the privilege of being invited to give talks on two books that I wrote in Korean.…
(Published: 2024-01-12 05:31) For the first time in years, I spent the holidays in Japan. One of the highlights of my visit was a long…