For the third week, Brenda asked us to choose from three topics that we are going to cover this semester, including topic about shopping, restaurant and tourism. As a foodie, I definitely vote for the topic of restaurant. I am really excited about that because one of my goal this semester is to improve the skills of communication, especially to learn the conversation that I can truly use when I travel to Korean. I have been to Korean restaurants in Richmond several times but never spoke in Korean with 이모, the female owner in the restaurant who help us with ordering food. Korean food is the most attractive part of Korean culture.
Usually the menu is visible on the wall of the restaurant, however if for some reason the menu is not there, we need to ask for the menu. Through situation dialogue, Brenda taught us how to order the food in restaurant and some common phrases we can use.
여기요!
Here!
주문하시겠어요?
Would you like to order?
육게장 일인분주세요
One order of spicy beef soup please.
어떤것을추천하세요?
What would you recommend?
이거좀더주세요!
Please give me some more of this!
제가낼게요
I am ready to pay.
This is very helpful because after class I went to Korean Garden, a restaurant owned by 이모, I used this conversation and it works! Besides some vocabularies I learned in class, I also learned from menu. My favorite Korean food is 육게장(spicy beef soup) and 김치볶음밥(kimchi fried rice). 이모was surprised and acclaim my Korean pronunciation as well.
For the fourth week, we learned 30 vocabularies related to dormitory and country.
Korea 한국 India 인도 Philippines필리핀 Thailand 태국
Australia 호주 Canada 캐나다 China 중국 France 프랑스
Germany 독일 America 미국 Japan 일본 UK 영국
Russia 러시아 Vietnam베트남
Refrigerator 냉장고 pillow베개 fan선풍기 shoes신발
Trash can쓰레기통 hanger걸이 blanket담요 window창문
Wardrobe옷장 bed침대 curtain커튼 cup 컵
I believe that nouns are vital because they refer to places, objects and people. Acquiring an extensive vocabulary is one of the largest challenges in learning a second language, so knowing nouns can largely improve the effectiveness of conversation,especially for a beginner of language-learning. Sometimes I might not speak a complete and grammatically correct sentence, but if I can speak out the main object, my conversation partner can still understand what I mean.
To sum up, I was satisfied with what I have learned these two weeks and after class I made a detailed plan to review and consolidate my memory by making sentences with new vocabulary and applying it with Amber.
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