For these two weeks Joo and I have decided to learn about the history of Korea as well as some trendy vocabulary that is used in today's culture.
For the history part, we talked about modern history about President Park Geun Hye and Choi Soon-Sil. This history lesson made me more interested in this topic and I have decided to do my Korean Culture project on that. I have learned the massive problem with corruption in Korean politics and how corporations are involved in politics when they should not be. This can be tied back to the movie we watched, Inside Men. This gave me more insight to what is going on in South Korea and it also gave me a talking point for conversations with my parents. Having more insight on problems like this allows me a topic to introduce my opinions on.
The second part of the lessons for these weeks was trendy vocabulary that was used in South Korea. We started with basic ones that are pretty universally known. In english, the equivalents would be "LOL" and "WTH" (what the heck). Learning these words can help me understand casual writing and helps me to communicate with my parents more effectively over text. The way Joo taught us was to put the words in context and it helped me understand it. During these past few lessons, I started to realize how important context is when you learn a new language.
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