This past Sunday, Alvin and I started to prepare for the upcoming final oral exam. We went over the names of famous singers as the new vocabulary, and began a discussion regarding who is currently famous and who is not. I learned that famous singers such as Hyuna are not so much popular in Korea, but in countries outside of Korea. I found this very interesting because he also told me that the very popular dramas, music and pop-culture in general are very skewed and don't actually reflect Korean culture. The Korean pop-culture reflects people that are both glamorous and rich; however, from my research and from my friends, this is not the case at all. In Korea, there is a social acceptance of plastic surgery. People in Korea view plastic surgery as a norm and thus many people get it. The phenomenon is not only restricted to females, as shown by the increasing number of males that get plastic surgery each year. Besides this, there is also the misconception that K-pop stars are rich. Once again, this is not the case at all since the agencies that hire the stars actually receive all of the money so the stars make less than the typical U.S employee. I will go more into all of these details during my cultural presentation.
Besides this discussion, we also began preparing for the oral final. We practiced some dialogue from introductions to talking about family members and practicing numbers. On my own time, I tried watching Youtube videos talking about learning tips since Sam showed the class the Korean learning song.
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