SDLP 110: Learning Journal 12

[Constantinos Beauclair-Kolomtsas]

The focus of this week was to work on my conversational skills a bit with my language partner. By this I mean not academic conversation on political subjects but a normal conversation between friends. He says that although my everyday Greek is close to perfect, I am not exceptionally good with usage or interpreting slang. I had hoped that a side benefit of listening to rap would have been brushing up on my slang but apparently I needed to work on that. So I spent my time with my  language partner conversing as two close friends would about a variety of topics, such as work, school, girls, and football. Because I am not completely up to date with shows, celebrities, and other aspects of Greek pop culture I had trouble understanding some jokes or conversation points but overall I faired well. I also decided to expand my Greek music playlist and listen to some Greek pop and traditional/country music so I gain some insight into  present Greek pop culture or at least learn some useful words that I can use in an everyday conversation. In my search for pop I found Sakis Rouvas and Antonis Remos as good options for my study on Greek pop culture.