During week 9, I went with Jimin and her other students to New Grand Mart to experience Korean culture through Korean food and groceries. Although I had been there before many times, it felt like a new experience because I was actively trying to learn more about the Korean culture and language through conversations with my peers in Korean and also discussions on the food itself. I would not normally have done this if it were a more nonchalant, regular outing. It was also helpful that my peers had the same motive to learn more about Korean culture. Overall, I thought it was a more enjoyable way to learn about Korean culture, as the other sessions had mostly been on campus and through text or video.
During week 10, I wanted to focus especially on conversational speaking. Therefore, Jimin and I came up with different topics to discuss and had a casual yet informative conversations on each of them. I was able to incorporate some of the sayings and vocabulary that I had learned throughout the semester and thus was able to engrain them into my head. As the conversation was rather informal and flexible, my Korean speaking came very naturally and proved my progress even in this semester. I thought that reading different texts aloud during previous lessons helped with the conversation because my Korean speaking was more fluid and natural. As Jimin and I are also close friends, I was able to converse in Korean with her about personal topics and thus could use Korean to describe my emotions as well. Overall, it was a well-rounded conversation that involved many different aspects of Korean culture. It encouraged me to incorporate more vocabulary into my everyday speaking.
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