I really like music so I decided to teach someone a few Korean words using a song. Most people are familiar with the "head, shoulders, knees and toes" song, even in parts around the world. I thought it was a good way to teach new vocabulary through this song because it's a simple, familiar song that wouldn't make learning another language too difficult. So the activity is quite simple, all you have to do is replace the body parts in English with the same body parts in Korean. I've posted the lyrics in Korean below.
머리 (meo-ri), 어깨 (eo-ggae), 무릎 (moo-reup), 발 (pal), 무릎 (moo-reup), 발 (pal)
Head, shoulders, knees, toes
머리 (meo-ri), 어깨 (eo-ggae), 무릎 (moo-reup), 발 (pal), 무릎 (moo-reup), 발 (pal)
Head, shoulders, knees, toes
눈 (noon), 귀 (gwee), 입과 (eep-gwa), 코 (koh)
Eyes, ears, mouth, nose
머리 (meo-ri), 어깨 (eo-ggae), 무릎 (moo-reup), 발 (pal), 무릎 (moo-reup), 발 (pal)
Head, shoulders, knees, toes
In conclusion, I taught my younger brother these Korean words for body parts over spring break and he picked it up quite quickly. He had trouble with the pronunciation because he's only ever studied French, but other than that it was easy to memorize, he said.
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