EPTKoreans try out their English at WCS Season Finals - Page 4
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andrewlt
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btp
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NihilisticGod
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Elite_
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On October 29 2013 16:14 Waxangel wrote: More videos to come! When will more videos come? Almost everyone that follows the SC2 scene knows HerO and Polt have great English... The other Koreans (other than MC and Jaedong) still need to prove themselves. D: | ||
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
On October 29 2013 22:53 Doodsmack wrote: Well you do have to give up your sleep apparently, which reasonable people don't want to do. It may also have a bad effect on your health in the long run. On October 29 2013 23:26 ggofthejungle wrote: Wait, let me get this straight. He takes 18hrs of English every week? He only studies English, that's it? No other subject? Not to take anything from polt, but having just one subject to study (even 18hrs) is not that hard, and that's why he says so. It's a foreign language, not rocket science, you know? True but we don't know if he has a lot of vocabulary and essays to write. E.g. when I was in a language intensive high school, the 1st year was rough. We often had 50-100 words per day or every other day. This and dictation are terrible if you're not consistent. Studying grammar was also a requirement. | ||
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GZSwanson
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Maegi
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MateShade
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mikkmagro
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Liquid`Nazgul
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Liquid`Nazgul
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On October 30 2013 00:13 mikkmagro wrote: I still find it pretty weird that youngsters in a country which is pretty open to globalisation still struggle so much with English. It used to be that you'd go to Spain, Portugal, France or Italy, and no one would speak to you in English, but nowadays most young people do (people over 30/35 in continental Europe still often don't speak English from my experience). Most pro-gamers from Europe and SEA have a very good command of English except for a few Russians though they can still speak it well. Don't Koreans learn English in school, do they just learn Korean, or do they perhaps learn a different language? Well for one a progamer from any country outside of Korea has to speak English to practice with his peers. I used to chat in English 100% of the time when I was practicing. Compare this to the Koreans who have to speak Korean to get the best practice. Huge difference right there. | ||
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mikkmagro
Malta1513 Posts
On October 30 2013 00:16 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: Well for one a progamer from any country outside of Korea has to speak English to practice with his peers. I used to chat in English 100% of the time when I was practicing. Compare this to the Koreans who have to speak Korean to get the best practice. Huge difference right there. True, but I think school and other media play a bigger role in learning a language. I remember someone saying that for example the reason why Germany was slow in having English being widely spoken was because every movie, tv series, and book which would be a major international release, would be translated or dubbed in German. Being exposed to any language from a young age is vital in order to become fluent in the language. ToD also did not speak English in his early WC3 days if I recall correctly, and nowadays, he's one of the very best English casters. Hopefully more people follow MC's example. | ||
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Tru_m4n
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Still, interesting interviews. Polt is a boss for studying and being this good at SC2 at the same time... I can't even do one of those things  | ||
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Extenz
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GulpyBlinkeyes
United States1449 Posts
Also, I'm pretty surprised at the people saying that 18 hours isn't a lot of coursework. That was similar to what I did at my university, and even though I was only in lectures for 18 hours a week, I was still up until the early morning pretty much every day writing papers, doing research, and studying for quizzes/exams. 18 hours of class isn't the same as, say, working a part time job for 18 hours at the grocery store--you're not done and free once you get home. Sure it's possible to have a larger course load, but in my experience, that was definitely enough to fill my entire day with work. | ||
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
Thanks for the interviews! Polt and HerO are so good and so handsome. | ||
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Juicy Orange
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mongmong
Korea (South)1389 Posts
On October 30 2013 00:13 mikkmagro wrote: I still find it pretty weird that youngsters in a country which is pretty open to globalisation still struggle so much with English. It used to be that you'd go to Spain, Portugal, France or Italy, and no one would speak to you in English, but nowadays most young people do (people over 30/35 in continental Europe still often don't speak English from my experience). Most pro-gamers from Europe and SEA have a very good command of English except for a few Russians though they can still speak it well. Don't Koreans learn English in school, do they just learn Korean, or do they perhaps learn a different language? English is a compulsory subject in korea and we start learning english at an elementary school. A lot of parents send their children to this "english kindergarten" to get them to be used to english from an early age. We also watch shit tons of american movies because its on TV all day every day. I think europeans in general learn english much faster than asians because of grammatical similaritie;just like how koreans excel in japanese, | ||
Waxangel
United States33624 Posts
It's a totally different attitude from European pros who don't seem to give a fuck about what other people think about their English. I don't know the reason for this, but the culture surrounding English is pretty different in Korea - people are really self-conscious about not being fluent and it's common to mock people for having bad pronounciation. Videos like the Jaedong "I LOVE YOU AMERICA!" clip get brought up as cringe videos in Korea, which is a complete opposite attitude of the foreign community. I think since Korean players end up reading Korean community sites more, they see those kind of responses and get even more embarassed about using English. Only a few guys like MC (whose technical skill at English is actually not as good as some others, but has way more CONFIDENCE) have figured out that they shouldn't really care about what the Korean community thinks about their English. | ||
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eScaper-tsunami
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