110 Learning Journal #11

[David Lee]

Week 11, me and my language partners discussed environmental disasters. Apart from the cultural differences between Korea and the US, I was curious to see the different geographical and natural aspects of the two nations as well. During that week, there was a 5.4 earthquake in the city of Pohang, South Korea. My language partner explained that since environmental disasters were so rare in Korea, the people were pretty shaken up about it. We also compared the frequency of natural disasters in Korea to the United States. We talked about the recent hurricanes (Harvey, Irma) in the US, as well as the common mini earthquakes in California (since all three of us were familiar with California).