SDLC 110 Cultural Post 1

[Are Oelsner - 아리]

I have always liked learning languages and after several trips to Korea to visit my girlfriend's family I decided that I'd like to learn the language. After studying mandarin on and off for the last eight years I'm hoping that the switch to Korean will not be as difficult as starting from scratch. When I was learning Chinese I really enjoyed speaking in class, but struggled with reading and writing the characters. Over the course of this class I want to achieve a basic understanding of the language and be at a conversational speaking level. I have found that I am more of an insightful learner and that I learn better through experience than through studying a textbook. I feel like I learned more during the month I spent in ShangHai and the month I spent in Argentina than I had during the years I'd spent in classrooms. Alongside the normal studying that goes into learning a language I want to practice a lot with my girlfriend and experience some of Korea's culture by eating Korean food and watching Korean TV shows.