-In the first two weeks, my language partner and I set forth two specific tasks to achieve my goals. One of them was to have as many conversations as we can to get to know each other and get familiar with having formal conversations in Korean. We also decided to learn Korean terminology involved in financial statements, a document that lists all financial information for a company (in this case, Samsung).
-We had conversations about the differences of growing up as a Korean in Korea versus growing up as a Korean in America. My language partner also printed out the financial statements for Samsung and we went over all the terms in the statement and translated them to their respective English words.
-Through our conversations, I learned so many new vocabulary words that my language partner used. My partner did not even realize that these words were difficult until I mentioned it to him. Also, by going over the Korean words displayed in the financial statements, I was able to dissect parts of the words to figure out the meaning myself.
-To build on what I have learned, I will continue to have conversations in Korean with the other students on campus and take a look at financial information for other Korean companies and try to understand what’s displayed in the statements.
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