SDLC 105 Journal #3

[Byambaa Khurelbaatar]

After doing some research about the culture of my target language (Korean), I learned that it is very important to respect elders. This means that when a person is talking to anyone older than them, he or she must always use formal language and used the appointed words for each person. One must always bow to the person when greeting them at first and when leaving the person. This shows signs of respect to the elders. In respect to how people talk about time and deal with time, people of higher social status have more privilege than the people of lower class. This meant that when it came to setting a time, the people of lower class had to keep the time and was never to cancel or have the person waiting. This is seen as disrespectful and unacceptable. If the person of a higher social status were to not show up or have the other person of lower class waiting, it was considered okay. All in all, the culture of this language is very much about respect and formal language.