Cultural Post #3 (112)

[Jeffrey Choi]

We had an assignment where we were assigned Korean historical monuments and had to give a presentation to the class. I thought this assignment perfectly aligned with having to teach someone what we learned about our language, so I decided to write about our presentation. I gave a presentation on the Hanok which is a traditional Korean house. I think I may have incorrectly interpreted some significant things I read online because while I gave the presentation Youngmin looked a bit confused and had some questions to follow up on somethings that I had said. Overall, I thought this was a good learning activity because I had to teach the students about a topic I had researched all in Korean. I had to make sure all the things I was saying were clear and easy to understand. I think it went well because the rest of the class seemed interested in the topic and actually understood what I was saying. I think I need to improve more on articulating my thoughts and what I learned. When the students and Youngmin had questions, I had a hard time trying to translate my English thoughts into Korean on the spot and sometimes just gave up and spoke in English.