February Workshop and Q&A

Here comes the February Second Saturday Series!

Celebrating Valentine's Day, the theme of the month is "Dating and Relationship" and possibly other taboo-topics that we generally avoid. Naturally, to attend this meetup, you may need to keep your minds and views open. You must be over 21 years old.

This meetup will also get you ready for the Language Exchange later this month (pending). So please come join us!

We will have informal workshops and Q & A session in which you get to ask pretty much any question you've been wanting to ask a Korean, from pronunciation to culture to something you weren't quite sure whom to ask. As always, we will have a mixer to get to know each other during and/or after the workshop.

As always, your RSVP is strongly recommended. So please read the instruction below thoroughly. Thank you!

* 한국어 원어민이세요? 특별히 부탁의 말씀이 있으니 꼭 읽어주세요. 감사합니다.

This is where we met last time.  For February meetup,
we have two venues we will choose from.

Saturday, Febuary 11, 2012
See the schedule below.


WHERE
Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Please RSVP and address will be emailed to you by 6 am on the day of the event.


WHAT
We will learn and talk about:

1. Greetings and Breaking Ice (Beginner/Novice)
2. Making Suggestions and Requests (Intermediate & Higher), and/or;
3. Cheesy pick-up lines translated into Korean (all levels)

... so that at the end of the day, you will be able to:

• spark the conversation with someone of your interest
• turn down someone of your non-interest
• suggest what you want to do on your date night
• understand a little bit about Korean dating/relationship culture

We also have:

• Q&A and Mixer. All members, please attend; this is usually the most interesting and fun part of the day. :)

RSVP & PAYMENT DUE DATE
Saturday, February 11, 2012
6 AM

SCHEDULE
Please arrive early to sign in and pick up your lunch/snack/drinks

You're welcome to attend both workshops. Beginners, you're welcome to stay for the intermediate if you are up for the challenge. Just remember it is an intermediate class, and it will be conducted in Korean language. Intermediate students, please feel free to attend beginners workshops. You will have a chance to brush up your basics, which never goes out of style.

ALL KOREAN NATIVE SPEAKERS
11:00~11:30ish - 한국어 원어민 및 도우미, 선생님 필수 참석 모임
반드시 참석해 주셔야 하며, 참석하지 않으신 분은 당일 이벤트에 참석하실 수 없습니다. 이해와 협조 부탁드립니다.

BEGINNERS
12:00~13:00 - Beginners Workshop
13:15~14:00 - Q & A and Mixer. Bring Your Questions!

INTERMEDATE & HIGHER
13:15~14:00 - Q & A and Mixer. Bring Your Questions!
14:15~15:30 - Workshop for Intermediate or higher.

Q & A will be a "Ask a Korean" format. Your questions are deposited in a box and randomly selected for a Korean to respond to it within a given period of time. Ask any question ranging from pronunciation to culture to something that you didn't know whom to ask.

So bring your own questions! Q & A session is as interesting and fun as you make it! You will hear individual opinions and views from native Koreans present at the mixer. (But they don't represent KLCX/KoreanLA's view.)

We always have interesting questions. Click here are some questions you asked in the past.


HOW TO RSVP

IMPORANT: Please read RSVP &  No-Show Policy

MEETUP MEMBERS: please RSVP on the event page, answer a couple of questions, pay, and you're all set.

ALL OTHER MEMBERS: Please email following information to KoreanLanguageAndCulture@gmail.com.

• Email subject: RSVP - KLCX/KoreanLA February Second Saturday
• Full name
• ID if you are member of group on line
• Number of guest(s)
• Your mobile number where we can call and/or text in case there's a change.
• Session you are signing up for (i.e. Beginners Workshop, Intermediate Workshop, Mixer only, etc.). If you are attending both beginners and intermediate, please indicate so.
• Pay, and you're all set!

RECEIVE E-MAIL CONFIRMATION: You will receive e-mail confirmation in 24 hours.



COST

Healthy, light sandwich and salad.
Egg Salad or Turkey to choose from.

$7.50/person prepaid
$9.25/person walk-in's

The amount includes sandwich and a soda (sorry, no coffee.) which comes with the venue rental.

• Reminder: if you had a no-show before, your event fee is $17.50 prepaid or $19.25 walk-in.

The cost is not for us but for the venue rental. So even if you don't eat, the money's still due. And we need you to pay in advance... and here's how:


HOW TO PAY

• If you're a member on our Meetup site, please go to the event page to RSVP and make a payment.
• If you have a PayPal account, please help us save on transaction fees. Send the fund to KoreanLanguageAndCulture@gmail.com and choose "Gift" or "I'm sending money to family or friends."
• If you don't have PayPal account, credit card payment is available. Please click "Donate" to make your payment.

REFUND POLICY: Refunds offered if:

• the Meetup is cancelled
• you can cancel at least 3 day(s) before the Meetup

About 80% of the amount you paid will be returned due to transaction fees charged by merchant services (meetup,com, PayPal, Amazon, SquareUp, Intuit, etc.) We have no control over these fees. Thanks for your understanding.

Payments you make go to the venue, not to Organizer, instructor or staff.


Did I miss anything? Post your questions below! See you soon!

Official blog: http://ow.ly/8Ue8H
Official meetup: http://www.meetup.com/KoreanLA/messages/boards/thread/20220482/
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On Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/KoreanLA/status/166610572819959809