VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR KOREA

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Vital information about requirements in applying for visa to go to South Korea.
The step by step upon entering the S. Korean embassy for visa applicants. New address of S.Korea embassy etc.

KOREAN EMBASSY NEW ADDRESS IN THE PHILIPPINES
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR KOREAN'S SISTER/BROTHER IN L...
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR FILIPINO MARRIED TO KOREAN (...
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD WHOSE MOTHER IS MARRIE...
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR PARENTS OF A FILIPINO MARRIE...
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS IN THE PHI...
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESSMEN
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR FILIPINO MARRIED TO FOREIGNE...
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR KOREAN'S PARENTS IN LAW
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR RELIGIOUS WORKERS
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR F21 VISA (Marriage VISA)
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR C4 (short term employment fo...
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR FILIPINO MARRIED TO MILITARY...
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDYING ABROAD
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES
PROCEDURES FOR APPLICANTS: TO ALL VISA APPLICANTS...


( You can find it all in the blog:
http://visaforkorea.blogspot.com/

ROSETTA STONE OR PINSLEUR LANGUAGE PROGRAM vs PERSONAL TUTOR

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Ask yourself:
Are you an Auditory Learner?Are you a Visual Learner?
Are you a Tactile/Kinesthetic Learner?
Know your preferred learning style.

Then, do you have lots of time to study in front of a computer? And last, do you have financial capacity to spend for Rosetta Stone or Pinsleur?

Why are you going to spend so much with those programs since there are lots of various language learning program in video, audio, printed lessons etc. for FREE! Just be patient surfing the net to look which is interesting and enjoyable.

If you are a busy person you can't use ROSSETA language software programs when you are driving, walking, riding or while removing your doo doo.

While through MP4 or tapes or printed materials, flash cards your learning will be flexible. Though, Pinsleur 's is audio but the disadvantage is that there is no printed or visual materials but only audio. Therefore, it will not fully help you if you are a visual learner.

Better to spend your money to look for a personal tutor or go to the country of your target language.

What are the benefits of tutoring?
Tutoring can be beneficial in many ways. Here are some of the benefits.
• Provides personalized attention
• Improves grades
• Increases knowledge and understanding of subjects
• Increases motivation to succeed
• Provides intensive practice
• Allows progress at own pace
• Leads to better use of study time
• Improves self-esteem and confidence
• Encourages higher levels of learning
• Encourages self-directed learning
• Reduces competition
• Provides praise, feedback, and encouragement
• Provides review of skills not mastered but no longer taught

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May 20, 2012 Entry to the video contest" I LOVE KOREA , BECAUSE..." , submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea.

The video is about my reason why I love Korea. I visited S. Korea for 5 times within a span of 2 yrs. only (2010-2012) and learned their history, culture, arts and people. 

In addition, it shows visually how friendly, accommodating they are to foreigners specially to Filipinos like me. (not racist). 

Concept, Written and Directed by: GERALDINE A. HERRERA - Philippines
( email: maestraviajes2004@gmail.com) 

TEACHER GIE's VISIT TO SOUTH KOREA

gorgeous Wed, May 12, 2010 12:05:15 PM


Last April 28th, my previous tutor in the Philippines visited Korea. She had stayed for 10 days, until May 9th. She was my tutor when I was in the Philippines as an exchange student in 2008.
I couldn't believe she can come to Korea to meet me, as well as her other students. Since she is a host in UNTV channel, she also had to shoot Korean cultures and sceneries. She stayed in Seoul for few days. I got a day-off on a Friday, and I visited Seoul to see her. She had to participate in an interview at the Philippine embassy, near Noksapyung station.

To meet her, I got up early on Friday morning, I ran to Daejeon Station to take a train to Seoul. However, I was late, the train had passed by in front of me. I couldn't get on. I couldn't but to buy a ticket for the next train to Seoul. After having hard time to travel to Seoul, finally, I met teacher Gie, with her colleagues. It had been almost 2 years since we last saw in the Philippines. It was really nice to see her.

The people who were with T.Gie were taking a video for her program. I was also in there, as a tour-guide. They told me I would be on TV too. We walked to, "The war memorial museum of Korea". It was my first time to see it. In front of the museum, on a big square ground, there were some armies marching. Every Friday 2pm, they are having a big march. When we were there, they were practicing in preparation to the performance. After watching it, we went inside. It was open to everybody for free. There were many memorial things such as: old weapons, clothes, name tags and miniatures describing some Korean wars. I saw, "Turtle ship" model. It was awesome. Though I had no much knowledge about Korean history, I tried to explain some exhibitions to the Philippines. We had lunch after touring inside museum.

After that, we visited Citi bank to change my bankbook.
The bank where we went was the headquarters ( main branch) of "Citi bank ", so it was very big and high. We rode an elevator and went up to almost 20th floor.
T. Gie wanted to open a saving account in the bank, but she couldn't.

Anyway T.gie and I went out and took a taxi to go to Nam san Tower. The taxi driver took us to the terminal of cable car. We bought two round tickets for the cable car. Finally, we went up to the tower and met other fellows. All together we went up to the observatory. With the telescope in the observatory, we observed the whole city; Seoul. They all liked it.

While we are resting, James contacted me, who was an exchange student in the Philippines with me. He was told T.gie came to Korea, so he is coming to see us. We met him at Seoul station, and went to Shinchon, near Leehwa women's university. And for having dinner, we went to a restaurant serving shabu shabu noodle. We had a great time having dinner. After dinner, we separated, James went his place to his friends, I went to my friend's house and T.gie together with Rustan went to theirs.

The next day, I was at the Children's grand park with my friend. Since it was really sunny day and the place was near her house, we couldn't help going there. We took a lot of pictures in front of flowers, a big fountain, and other good places with various themes. My friend treated me late lunch at the Outback. We were full after eating the delicious foods: spaghetti and salad.

Afterwards, I was supposed to meet my sister, Christine; to meet T.gie in Uijeongbu. We met at Namdaemoon, the South gate and got on a subway, line number 1. It took us there about 40 minutes to go to Uijeonbu station. Some guys welcomed us and took us to their place. There were some more Filipinos . We greeted and had dinner together. T.gie, Christine, and I went to a motel to spend the night. We had some conversations and got tired, so we fell asleep. The place we were staying was little bit dry, so we had difficulties sleeping.

On Sunday, the next day, we had shooting with VANK members. Actually, I didn’t know what VANK is. There were around 8 Koreans who were acting as VANK members. They were only high school students, but they were really good at English. And it made me surprised and proud. But it also made me downcast because I thought they are better than me regarding English speaking skills though, I’m working in Hagwan as an English teacher.

I was interviewed about my experiences in the Philippines last 2008, . But I didn’t organize my thought so I regret little bit. Anyway, it was good experience in the Philippines. When I was there, I met T.gie who is caring for me like my real mom.

We had great time in Seoul, and we went to Dondaemoon, the East gate, to buy some clothes for Christine. Because she will be shooting with a very feminine clothes in a music video. It took about 4 hours to choose to fit the concept for the music video. I got very tired and it was time to come back home. So I just took out my hamburger set from the Lotetteria. I brought it KTX and ate while I was traveling to Daejeon.

Staying in Seoul was very tiring, but it was really good to meet many people, especially, T. gie, in Korea. I hope she’ll come back to Korea again with God's blessing.
Thank you anyway!

“English indeed continues to penetrate the Filipino society”...

It is also confirmed when Andrew Gonzales of De La Salle stated in his writing Language Planning in Multilingual Countries: The Case of the Philippines, the policy and reality do not match. English continues to dominate government and business transactions at the highest levels as well as international communications and education, especially science and mathematics classes, at all levels and all subjects at university level.

Also Gavin Hughes wrote the Preserve the Native Languages of the Philippines not only is the current policy destroying the cultural heritage of the Philippines, it also makes no economic sense. Speaking Tagalog fluently does not ensure work or even education opportunities. With Tagalog but no English, one cannot attend university. But with English alone, all university doors are open. It is skill in English that increases employability, both in the Philippines and abroad. Instead of focusing on Tagalog, students need to focus on their own native languages and English.
While according to Manuel Faelnar ( a Palanca Awardee for Literature) The Philippine National Language Policy is killing our non-Tagalog languages. While in 1948 only 18% of Filipinos spoke Tagalog as a first language, by 1995 this had gone up to 29.29% or one third of the population. On the other hand, while in 1948, 25% of Flipinos spoke Cebuano, by 1995 this had gone down to 21.17%. In 1948 13% of Filipinos spoke Ilocano and another 13% spoke Ilonggo. By 1995 the percentage of Filipinos speaking these two languages had gone down to 9.31% and 9.1%% respectively.

In 1948, Bicol was spoken by 8% of the population. By 1995 this was down to 5.69%. Waray was spoken by 6% of Filipinos in 1948. By 1995 only 3.81% of Flipinos spoke Waray. Pampangan or Kapampangan was spoken by 3% of Filipinos in 1948. By 1995 this had gone down to 2.9%. Pangasinense suffered the biggest loss. in 1948, 3% of Filipinos spoke Pangasinense. By 1995 this had gone down to a miserable 1%. The biggest lose of speakers were for Waray, Bicol and Pangasinense but all non-Tagalog languages suffered tremensdous losses.

In my point of view, I think having 120 different dialects and languages in the Philippines illustrate how providential we are to other countries. Because first, difficult to learn dialects could be a vital tool for codes during emergencies like the Navaho during the World War II. And second, those words in other dialect or languages that are easy to learn could use for scientific terms or trade as what I read about Dr. Dacudao of SOLFED, Inc. writing where he cited these two practical reasons for preserving the diversity of Philippine languages.

I also read about the longitudinal studies being conducted by Diane and Greg Dekker, and Dr. Stephen L. Walter, under the auspices of SIL International and the Philippine Department of Education, in Lubuagan, Kalinga, Philippines are showing that children being educated using their mother tongue first are out-performing students being educated in Filipino-first and English-first, by a difference of 40 percentage points. Philippine educators, the Department of Education, and other policy makers are taking time to familiarize themselves with mother toungue-first multilingual education, and are examining whether the time is right for a change in Philippine education policy.

Therefore, it is imperative that the government just focus on how all dialects and languages in the Philippines will thrive and not disappear by appealing and creating a lucid policy thus making our country a multilingual republic. So that our students may now focus on using their own native languages as according to study that a the child using their own native language understands- enables to immediately master curriculum content, and not only that but, affirms the value of the child, cultural and language heritage.

But, how could this be viable where our very own head leader of our country is not supporting these views but instead refute? She- president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has once again highlighted the importance of English in the issue of Executive Order 210, an order establishing the policy to strengthen the use of English as the language of instruction as she deemed it necessary “to develop the aptitude, competence and proficiency of our students in the English language to maintain and improve their competitive edge in emerging and fast-growing local and international industries, particularly in the area of Information and Communications Technology”.
No wonder why a lot of new generations now are more preferred to use in expressions of surprise and intimacy and about nostalgic moments are wanted to be in English but are currently in Tagalog. The language preferred in the wider community is also English, moving from Tagalog. The students were not hesitant to admit that Taglish dominates the school – amidst the implementing policies – but they would like to adhere to the policy still and use English. A shift to English is also wanted when communicating with co-workers, when it is also currently done in Taglish. English remains to be the most common language used and also as the language preferred in the media (radio, television, and newspaper), popular literature (magazines and comics), and books; while praying, in telling time; and when giving interest rates and writing technical reports. The retainment of English is also preferred at work, at work when speaking with one’s superior, and during marketing transactions. Tagalog is the most common language used at present and also the language preferred at home, when talking about confidential family matters and contacting absent family members, and in the neighborhood and the wider community. Taglish is the language currently used and also the preferred language when conversing among peers. There is preference for Tagalog when shopping, though Taglish is currently in use and still follows Tagalog in the same verbal activity.

THE BIRTH OF GRAMMAR

"Of all the areas investigated by developmental psycholinguists, the acquisition of grammar has been studied the must intesive. Much of this can be related to the development of transformational - generative (TG) grammar, the most influential school of linguistics to affect the study of language over the past four decades. It has always been involved most centrally with the study of sentences."


1) A dictionary has many thousands of words but not just any words can be put together to make a sentence.

2) Grammar must still be our concern, especially because English is not our native language. If we are not going to take it seriously, there will always be something missing.

3) On of the example why rules in sentences / paragraphs were invented because of the following sample lines:

longagopeoplewrotewithnospacebetweenwordstheyuseinfactnomarksofunctioationatallbutwritingwasveryhardtoread

Ancient Greek writers saw the difficulty of reading this kind of line...So, about twenty five hundred years ago, they began to place a short line under or beside the words in a sentence that began a new topic or idea. They called this line paragraphos, which means " writing beside".

" Finally, it is quite rare for youngsters to repeat the same word twice in forming their little sentences; children are parsimonious with their language and make each word count." ( pg.15 - SURVEY ACQUISITION)

In my opinion, " parsimonious", is a wrong choice of word. Because, if we are going to look the meaning of the word in the dictionary it doesn't match. Children are not parsimonous with their language but rather they are just restricted/bounded with words or phrases due to lack of exposure.

WE LEARN TO SPEAK A SECOND LANGUAGE

Language is always changing. It changes from century to century, from day to day, from person to person, from place to place. Like a flowing river, language is never quite the same today as it was yesterday.

Same with learning the second language, there are many alternatives-theories, teaching methods, different learners, different environments different teachers, different gadgets etc. In addition to what Ellis suggests that of the second language – attitude, motivation, learning strategy and personality.
These factors too, are the proofs why a child could learn the second language compares to adult. A child will not argue nor debate his/her English teacher in regards to grammar things nor translate from Language 1 to Language 2. They just look, listen and repeat.
Input from the teachers sets the wheels in motion rather than creating the wheels of language. Finding topics of conversation that can be mutually understood, speaking at a slow pace, repeating important phrases, stressing the key words in a sentence will keep the input factor in second language.
In my case, during session hours – per hour, I made him/her (student) to answer more than 100 questions…per topic conversation, at least 10 to 30 questions, not to mention the remaining hour for listening and reading to complete the two hour sessions.

Output result:
With the above mentioned strategy, we may conclude that a person may understand a language but, through lack of meaningful practice, speak that second language less than fluency…”We learn to speak a second language when given the opportunity to speak it.”
Gardner and Lambert originally considered that integrative motivation was more powerful in language learning than instrumental motivation.
In my opinion, I disagree on their consideration saying that integrative motivation is more powerful. Because, here in the Philippines learners most priority is to get a job and have sturdy future. And call center agent, English teacher and workers that could speak English well get the most chance of securing an opportunity either local or abroad; “Money makes the world go round”, now a days and not to find their roots or form friendship (as in integrative motivation).

WHY SHOULD I STOP...?

“WHY SHOULD I STOP DOING, WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT? EVEN IF DOING IT MY WAY WILL HURT SOME OF YOU? IN THAT REGARD… I APOLOGIZE!
NEVERTHELESS, I THANK ALL OF YOU WHO CALMLY RESPONDED WITH ACUMEN AND SOME RETORTED.
TO THOSE WHO HUMBLE THEMSELVES. ACCEPTED THEIR MISTAKE AND EXPRESS REGRET. Kkkkk and so …
I GAIN MY LESSONS. ”
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(KING JAMES VERSION)
REVELATION 1:3
Blessed is he that readeth, …
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(without reading first and searching , misunderstanding transpires)

I am not defending only Koreans but different countries too, like Americans, Filipinos, Africans, etc. I already expect and accepted that there are people who will be pleased or judgmental or ungrateful or unappreciative or apathy.

PSALMS 109:4
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
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I expressed my disgust to a lot of negative commentaries against (not only for...) Koreans but my reward was an abysmal printed counteract by some foreigners who feels the opposite of what I feel.

I CORINTHIANS 6:7
…Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
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For the sake of PEACE! Why some people for example, just experienced accidentally bumped in the shoulder while walking in the busy subway during rush hour and never hear any apology from the person, will be concluded already as rude? It’s unfair.

THE ACTS 10:34
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
….God is not a respecter of persons, but also ‘not a respecter of colors’ — or of human skin.
All creatures great and small; all things wise and wonderful; The Best Lord made them all!
But the color of human skin has nothing to do with the perceived superiority of one race above another. ( by: EFS)


WHY SHOULD I STOP???
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HE DIDN’T STOP!!! EVENTHOUGH…

Much Maligned Preacher Wins Over Distinguished Author in International Open Web Awards
A victim of religious persecution and disinformation, a preacher exiles himself to continue preaching in South America. Deprived of his own home country, he started blogging to aid his preaching. His truth blog makes a mark among the counted in Mashable International – one that did not pay attention to disinformation that scattered all over the Internet. http://quazen.com/reference/biography/much-maligned-preacher-wins-over-distinguished-author-in-international-open-web-awards/
Bro. Eliseo Soriano, Filipino preacher on exile, felt vindicated by an award given him by an international social media site that did not pay attention to disinformation about him scattered all over the Internet. ( read more about him ...

http://esoriano.wordpress.com/
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SO, WHY SHOULD I...?
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