These past two weeks, we learned about what expressions to use when we are riding a subway in Korea. We learned specific phrases to use such as asking how to get to a specific subway stop, where to make a transportation card, and how to give directions. We also learned key vocabulary words to help us form these expressions. It was interesting to learn these expressions because it was something I did not have to use before, in Korean and English. As I am from Los Angeles, where our public transportation system is still being worked on, the concept of transferring lines and making/ using a transportation card was fun to learn, especially in another language. We practiced with each other asking and answering various questions about subway directions.
In addition, we learned grammar, such as how to use the past, present, and future participle when using verbs. It was a refresher to learn these skills, especially because they were phrases I was used to saying all my life. However, I enjoyed learning about them from an academic standpoint, such as how the verb changes based on the participle added.
I found that one task that motivates me to remember my vocabulary words is transforming them to be "hip". For example, our teacher taught us that the word for transportation card, 교통카드 is often shortened to 교카. I found that making the words more hip and using acronyms makes them more easy to remember.
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