My presentation is about shopping Korea because I believe that this is a very practical and useful learning goal. I first talked about the popular places to go for shopping, such as Myongdong. Many tourists booming at there and there are many international brands such as H&M. Shopkeepers there provide multilingual customer service including English, Korean, Chinese and Japanese. In comparison to Myongdong, another great place to go is Dongdaemun, where cloths are very cheap but without brands. Some famous local electronic brands include Samsung and LG. Moreover, the makeup brands in Korea are getting more and more popular recently. Many of my friends gave up using Dior and started to use Etude House instead. Another thing to notice is that Korea is one of the countries that use credit cards the most. Still, shops in Korea definitely prefer cash in order to underreport their tax. Therefore, many shops provide 5% discount if people pay in cash. In addition to these cultural aspects of shopping in Korea, I also discussed the necessary vocabularies I need to learn before shopping. For instance, how to greet shopkeepers, make introduction in formal Korean, talk to my friend in informal Korean, ask for direction, colors, numbers, etc.
Reflecting on my presentation, I found one area for improvement: structure. Since I wanted to show too many details, my presentation lost its integrity to some extent. For the next presentation, I would put more effort in organizing the structure, and I could probably use PowerPoint for support.
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I liked Nuannuan’s presentation that girls love to brush their teeth with a bunch of friends together. We mentioned many things in common, such as the consumerism and how girls care about fashion. I also loved Wyatt’s presentation on French culture and how it has been protective and unique at the same time.