If I was granted a research funding to study Korean linguistics, I would go with the culture. The reason why I choose culture is that personally, learning a language is because of the interest of that culture. Just take myself as an example, I am learning Japanese is because I have interest on Japanese food and animations. I am learning Korean is because I like Korean music and dramas. First of all, we gonna start from the history of Korean because history is a part of the culture, too. Also, learning from the origins helps learning a language more structured. After researching on the history and origins, I think we then can go to the interesting part. Students could research on whatever they are interested in, such as food, music, drama, etc. From my perspective, Interest is the best tool to learn a language.
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