I really enjoyed everyone's presentations about their cultures during class. There were a few presentations on cultures I was not familiar with such as the deaf and Italian culture. This was interesting because I was able to expand my knowledge on factors I was familiar with. I particularly enjoyed the presentation on deaf culture, because I never realize to such an extent how expressive someone who is deaf might have to be with their facial expressions to get their point across. The video she showed really got the point across, and it was very enjoyable and informative.
In addition, because about half the class's target language is Korean, I was able to relate back to my personal experiences while living there, and also see how some things have changed over the past ten years. Learning more about things such as plastic surgery, and Korea's obsession with cosmetics was interesting, as I was able to expand my knowledge about their culture. I was even able to learn more about the Korean culture by doing my own presentation, as I was not aware to the extent of the couple culture in South Korea, and looking at all the anniversaries and holidays that couples keep up with was new information.
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