Languages and Linguistics

I find these historical videos on cultural conditions during the colonial period very interesting. My mother in law spoke Japanese as well as Korean because of these conditions when she was growing up. Unfortunately I wasn't proficient enough in Korean at the time to discuss her experience with her then before she passed away. I enjoyed the Kdrama Mal mo i (collect words) about the movement to save the language as well. I know from her younger brother that their experience during the Korean conflict resembled the experience of Suki Kim's mother described in her book about teaching English in North Korea, Without You There is no Us.

Language wise the break through experience was reading and listening to TTMIK online (Talk to me in Korean). These are the best Korean teachers in the world imo. I think they are supported to some degree by the South Korean Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism. The first 15 chapters were free and they have a quite a few of free youtube videos.