15 Responses for "A Free Visit to Your Study Group!"

1. Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) February 4th, 2008 at 8:04 pm 1

   This is a great idea

   I’m sure a lot of people will be writing in !! (Not too many, I hope. Haha)

2. Michael February 4th, 2008 at 8:30 pm 2

   Oh, I hope many study groups will write in! We want to spread the word, meet some listeners, and really try to get our community off the ground. We think our most important “홍보” will be our satisfied listeners.

   And we might get some free dinners…hehe….

3. Jennifer February 4th, 2008 at 9:04 pm 3

   That’s Michael for you . . .always thinking with his stomach!

4. Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) February 5th, 2008 at 12:14 am 4

   I want to introduce your podcast/website in my blog soon, so that more people can know about you and your podcast! I hope you don’t mind.

5. Michael February 5th, 2008 at 2:33 am 5

   That would be awesome! Of COURSE it’s OK!

6. naeil February 5th, 2008 at 1:26 pm 6

   i just wonder why you guys are doing this, i mean this podcast. do you do this for fun or try some sort of new business model? either way it’s really great idea. i’m not suspicious of you, and again i’m just curious. don’t be offended.

7. Michael February 5th, 2008 at 1:39 pm 7

   Naeil -

   While doing it for fun, we are also hoping to get many listeners and perhaps get a sponsor. Then we don’t have to do it for free, and we don’t have to charge any subscribers directly.

   In the big picture, we want a voice for foreigners in this society. Traditional media won’t listen to us, it talks about us in prejudiced ways while we can’t offer any reply. So we made our own media.

   Also, it’s kind of an experiment as well. We want to show that English can be taught effectively and without condescending to the students, and that language should be a tool of COMMUNICATION, not mere STUDY. So, when speaking English, you should actually SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING.

   We think the timing is also right for something like this, and Koreans are ready for something different. This is the age of UCC, of real “user-created content.” The days of everything being generic and controlled by the broadcast media and big companies are ending.

   And we want to be among the first to prove that point.

   So, in short, yes, going to visit study groups for free may seem a bit weird, but we do have something to gain from it: dedicated listeners. And we hope dedicated listeners will NATURALLY spread the word about us, without us even asking. That’s the kind of 홍보 even money can’t buy.

   And if we can later get a sponsor and 1) get paid for our time, so we can 2) make our podcast even BETTER, then everyone wins!

   Thanks for the question.

8. naeil February 5th, 2008 at 2:08 pm 8

   i really like such a super-quick answer. thanks for the honest reply. i just wanted to know you and your plan before i do some kind of 홍보. as you already mentioned if traditional media won’t listen to you why don’t you try new media. i know that’s why you launched this podcast as your own new media, but you still need 홍보. i work for a korean internet newspaper.(i will tell you the name later.) if you write interesting article about english or english education regularly just like your podcast, i can translate it into korean and put it in the paper. and also it will be the best 홍보. unfortunately this is not an official proposal but a private suggestion. i just want to help you and this podcast. think of it and let me know.

9. Ji-Soo February 12th, 2008 at 5:48 am 9

   This seems like a great ideaaa!
   I want to come…T-T

   (Surely I could come yeh, just about half-a-day spent on airplane?)

10. Jennifer February 12th, 2008 at 4:21 pm 10

    Haha, well, maybe someday we’ll visit the British Isles^^

11. bluesnsak February 12th, 2008 at 10:38 pm 11

    im sorry . i dont write english very well. so i will write korean word.

    스터디공부를 해주신다고 하셨는데, 혹시 ebs사이트 무료 화상사이트에서 자유로운 영어회화를 이끌어 주실수 없나요? 채팅방이 좀 있는데 영어 잘하는 분이 없어서 토킹방이 개설 못하고 있어요>http://www.ebse.co.kr/에서 무료화상프로그램에서 활동좀 해주시면 고맙겠읍니다. 22:36

12. Michael February 13th, 2008 at 6:26 am 12

    음…어떻게 하는 거예요? 사이트 좀 복잡하고…그 활동을 어디서 어떤식으로 하는 건 모르겠네요…

13. easy February 13th, 2008 at 9:53 am 13

    I recommended this to my Korean student/friend who has an English discussion group. Hope she will not forget to visit the site and, maybe then, contact you. I believe this would really be helpful for her and her groupmates. Thanks.

14. Jiae February 13th, 2008 at 11:57 am 14

    I had same question with Naeil but now I see what your big picture is. I enjoy communicating with others in English.

    I will do “PR” in my Naver blog and I have already recommended my friends and it will keep continue.

15. bluesnsak February 13th, 2008 at 3:16 pm 15

    hi michael. 저의 제안에 관심을 가져주셔서 감사해요. ebs는 공공사이트로서 모든게 무료이구요. 화상채팅방도 역시 무료랍니다. 사이트 위에 보시면 여러가지 메뉴중에서 Nzon >화상영어토론존 으로 들어가세요. 오르쪽 맨옆에 hello go 아이콘을 클릭하시고 프로그램을 다운받으세요. 그러면 채팅창이 열립니다.
    채팅창 구성은 왼쪽에 토론방 목록이 나오고 오른쪽에 대기실에 있는 사람들 목록이 나와요. 채팅방은 누구나 만들수 있고, 보통 저녁 9시정도에 여러 채팅방이 생겨요. 주로 영어 독해. 문법등을 하는데 영어 원어자가 없어서 영어토킹은 못하고 있읍니다. 채팅방은 어디든지 자유로이 입장할수 있어요. 아마도 오시면 채팅하는 분들이 좋아하실거에요. 아직 화상채팅이 활성화가 안됬지만, 잘 이끌어주시면 활성화 될거라 생각됩니다. 현재는 센스토킹방등 몇개의 채팅방이 있어요. 한번 와 보세요. 채팅방에대한 목록은 화상영어토론존화면의 맨밑 토론합시다란에 나오니 대략적인 정보는 얻으실수 있을거에요.