Well, we're all excited because we've graduated with very good grades (for the most part) from the rigorous Korean Language course that Korea University has put us through over the past 5 weeks. On Thursday we gave speeches to our homeroom classes (about 12 students in each.) The speeches were about a trip that we have taken in the past and were meant to incorporate a lot of the vocabulary we've been learning. I wrote about Panama and a rough translation is as follows:
"My name is Jenn. I like traveling, so last year I went to Panama. I went by airplane. I was in Panama from October to November. I went alone, but met many people there. Panamanian food is delicious, therefore I ate often. I like swimming, therefore I took a bathing suit. I didn't go shopping, but I took lots of pictures. When I came home my mother was very happy."
The word that comes to mind when I read my speech is: "semi-informative," actually maybe "primitive" is a better word. As you might have guessed, the length and difficulty of the speech's composition was completely dependant on the fact that I had to memorize it, therefore it had to fall within the limits of my language capabilities (those who strayed from those limits by using their Korean/English dictionaries wished they hadn't when it came time to memorize.) Friday we had our closing ceremony which included some speeches, creative dances to Korean Pop music, a traditional folk song (someone played the violin and it was beautiful) and a slideshow. We were very happy to receive praise on our grades, as most of us had studied very hard for our final exam (which was Wednesday and is part of the reason I haven't been writing much on this blog.) Tomorrow is the big talent show which I have helped to organize and will be showing off my Tae Kwon Do skills. I am part of a group of about 6 that will be performing the first poomse and doing some sparring. I will let you know how that goes and hopefully have some pictures to put up tomorrow.
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