My interest in Korean started when I was in grade 11 in high school after I stumbled upon a Korean pop music video on YouTube. The group’s name was 4minute and the song was called “What a Girl Want”. At the time I did not know what language that they were saying because I had never heard Korean before, but after looking the group up, I discovered this crazy phenomenon that was known as “K-pop”. Since then I have discovered Korean dramas, which are similar to soap operas, but less dramatic, as well as Korean movies of various genres. These things and more led me to know more about the Korean culture as well.
Since my first year at the University of Richmond, it has been a goal of mine to go travel around South Korea after graduation, provided that I had the funds to do so. I did not have the opportunity to go study abroad because I went through many changes with my major and I felt that if I wanted to go to South Korea, I did not want to do it while also having to take classes. Thus this semester, there are many things that I hope to get out of this self-directed language class. First, I want to be able to introduce myself, greet my peers and elders and have a full length conversation with a native Korean speaker. Second, I want to know how to ask for directions, understand directions and be able to find my way around Seoul, South Korea. Third, I want to know how to order food in a restaurant and how to go shopping online and in person, in addition, I want to have the ability to bargain and get reduced prices on stuff. Simple things such as those are some goals that I want to accomplish this semester.
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