One of my goals was to finish reading the book that my learning partner and I have been working on last semester and we were able to accomplish this goal! Along with this initial goal, I also had an associated cultural goal, where I wanted to learn about the cultural topics addressed in this book. I am happy that I was able to address this goal at least twice in my past cultural posts. I learned more than two culture ideas through this book, but I was only able to talk about it twice. First, I learned more about “Hanja” by connecting the days of the week to the solar system, which was really cool because I never heard about this before! It is so fascinating to see that you can learn about the Chinese characters and relate it to the actual Korean words.
Through finishing this book, I also learned about the concept of having dyed hair that was linked to being rebellious. I think I actually heard some relation to this topic before, but I didn’t know that it was actually a known idea. As mentioned in my previous cultural posts, I do not necessarily agree with this relation, but it was interesting to learn about!
Overall, my cultural goals were met, but I can always work to learn more about the culture of South Korea! I hope to explore more culture ideas in my cultural presentation, so I am looking forward to that!
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