First Cultural Post: What are your cultural learning goals for this semester?
- Which one or two topics will you explore during the course of the semester?
- How do you expect to explore these topics?
- What do you hope to learn through your exploration of these topics?
My learning goals for this semester is too be able to work on my reading, writing, and speaking skills. Last semester, I focused mostly on my reading and writing skills. This semester, I hope to develop a better understanding and be able to communicate using simple phrases and simple sentence constructions.
Two topics I will explore during this semester is Korean culture (traditions and customs) and grammar (sentence constructions). For the culture topic, I plan to 1) learn the basic customs (phrases, gestures, and or actions), 2) celebrate/personally experience those actions (for example, the traditional ways of bowing to elders on New Year's). For the grammar topics, I plan to work more towards creating sentences and being able to conjugate words.
By exploring these topics, I hope to develop sentences that will help me communicate better (not just using simple phrases, but later developing more complex sentences). I also hope to understand the culture to prepare myself if I do study abroad in Korea.
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