Because of the COVID 19 outbreak, we started the online course two weeks ago. As a result of the outbreak, our spring break was extended by one week, which meant that the course was delayed by one week. So Brenda and I, in our first online class, first talked about what we were going to do for the rest of the semester. As the number of courses decreased, we decided to make the course content more focused on the completion of the set goals and keep up with the pace of the syllabus. At the same time, Brenda and I both believe that the content of the course can be updated with the times, such as understanding the covid-19 epidemic in South Korea, and learning some language and culture from it. With that in mind, our focus for the last two weeks would be on the COVID 19 outbreak in South Korea. An important part of my goal for this semester is to learn more formal written languages through more formal Korean articles. Therefore, Brenda and I searched for a news report about the local epidemic in South Korea, and read the article in detail, had a deep understanding and learning together.
In the process of reading, I found that my vocabulary is still lacking, so my reading speed is relatively slow. However, considering that this is my second formal in-depth reading of a Korean article, everything is still in its infancy. As long as I accumulate the vocabulary, practice the different sentence pattern expression more, certainly I will have the enhancement. Since I have already studied an article about the Korean general trend movie “parasite”, I applied the structural characteristics of the Korean article I summarized last time to this reading. Therefore, in the process of reading, I quickly grasped the main points of the whole article and the refutation of the author to the holder of the opposite point of view. I think it is very important to master the main tone of the article when reading the article, because it can make us have a clearer and accurate understanding of the content of the article. This way of reading I think is also very helpful for beginners like me, because it prevents us from misunderstanding the main points of the article at the beginning.
Through reading this article, I learned how covid-19 became popular in South Korea and what measures were taken in South Korea. Of course, reading the article alone can only reveal one side of the truth. Brenda and I then looked for videos about the Korean coronavirus outbreak. As a Chinese student whose country has suffered the same pain before, I can well understand the feelings of the Korean people, and I am deeply impressed by the efficient drive-through test in South Korea.
Through these two weeks of learning about the local situation in South Korea, as well as the discussion with Brenda, I have learned more about the real situation in South Korea. I think it is necessary to keep abreast of the country's news and so on in language learning. This kind of study can let us know more about the country and the nation. On the other hand, I kept on track to achieve my goals for the semester by learning formal Korean articles. In general, although the time, form and schedule of our courses have changed to different degrees due to the coronavirus outbreak, we still keep on track through good plans.
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