There are two kinds of performances taking place. One is a pop singer’s concert and the other is a classical concert. When you hear the word ‘classical’, do you imagine boring music? If so, please read on. I will tell you how to become more familiar with classical concerts.When we listen to pop music, we can enjoy it even though we haven’t prepared anything in advance. On the contrary, the reason that classical music can feel difficult to listen to is that classical music is not often made in modern times. However, if you remember just three things before going to a classical concert, it won’t
Now that it is the Halloween season, it’s natural to start thinking about scary things, but it’s also easy to forget that some things aren’t scary anymore, even though they used to be very frightening when we were younger. For young children, a bicycle can be a very frightening thing: they very much want to learn how to ride it, they know it’s important to learn how to ride it, but they are naturally afraid to try. For this article, however, the bicycle is only a metaphor. The real topic of this article is the Korean students who are afraid to have conversations in English with foreigners.I us
● International Lounge- Location: New Bauer Hall 1F- Opening Hours: 09:00 – 21:00The International Lounge is affiliated to the Office of International Affairs. A foreign professor takes charge of the Lounge, and Korean and foreign assistants manage the Lounge. The Lounge was founded to help students understand the culture of other countries and have chances to speak foreign languages. Therefore, students should not speak Korean there. Students can watch movies at 13:30 on weekdays. Korean movies are shown only on Tuesdays, and all the movies are subtitled in English. If you become a memb
Written by Jonathan TrigellGenre: FictionPublished in May 2009379 pagesWe make a first impression and feel prejudice through a person’s background and this affects how we treat them. In particular, we often have a negative prejudice against criminals and make a wall between them and us. Many people still treat people as criminals even after they have been released from prison. This book is said from the point of view of a perpetrator, not the victim, and the story is about the crime and thereafter. Boy A is a criminal who killed a child cruelly. When he was released on parole, he came back to
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Name: Olli NieminenNationality: FinnishMajor: Information and knowledge management School: University of Technology, Tampere1. Could you tell me why you came to Korea and how you chose Keimyung University?After high school I visited Asia, and from then on I’ve been interested in Asian countries and cultures. I wanted to come to Asia for exchange. I thought for a long time between Korea, Taiwan and India. Korea is little exotic in Finland. Some people know Japan and China, but Korea is stranger.I am the first student in Keimyung from my university, so I didn’t hear anything about KMU. I wanted
Nowadays, university students’ interest in learning portfolios is growing. A learning portfolio is a compilation of a students’ own personal information and background or plans of study. If students organize their learning portfolios well, they can prove their abilities and experiences effectively when they want to enter a graduate school or a company. Keimyung Center for Teaching & Learning has been supporting three hundred students in developing learning portfolios. It provides some tips on how to make a learning portfolio by giving special lectures and offering binders to students. In this
Center Chief: Lee Pil-geunLocation: Dong Yeong Hall 120 Telephone Number: 580-6023~4, 6027~8Office Hours: 09:00 - 17:00 Web site: http://intl.kmu.ac.kr/The Office of International Affairs is the organization leading Keimyung’s internationalization. It provides many international programs like the Exchange Student Program and International Student Exchange Program (ISEP).• Main Programs- Exchange Student ProgramThe Exchange Student Program is a program that exchanges Keimyung’s students with foreign students in universities which have sisterhood relationships with Keimyung University.