- Second Cultural Post: Formality and Informality in Target Language
Our language partner when we began taught us the formal way of speaking Korean. In Korean especially, there is a great importance on formality and there is a difference in speaking with an elder compared to younger. For instance, she taught us a lot of phrases and then later teaches us what we can add to make it informal. However, she wanted to make sure we learned the formal way if we were to go to Korea it is better to be formal than informal. Furthermore, we also learned the casual Korean slang for the younger generation which was very interesting. I have heard a lot of it from my friends and now better understand them.
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