Thursday, August 13, 2020

Diana CP #2

 Date/Time: 7/4 @10am

Location: ZOOM

Topic discussed: Cultural Shock, differences in describing sounds in our countries (Korea and America)

Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: I found a video from an American man living in Korea. He does many cultural videos and I found one that was interesting to share with Hang ah. It talked about culture shock he experienced while living in Korea. Topics included hospital culture, restaurant service culture, and a variety of places not common in America, like karaoke rooms, PC rooms and many themed cafes. This sparked a lot of conversation between the two of us. I told Hang ah about a common joke American college kids have with each other, which is to promise to call an Uber instead of an ambulance when one of us gets hurt. I explained the unfortunate reality of the high cost of medical treatments, meanwhile Hang ah explains that it is common for Koreans to go to the hospital for minor things. The video also touched on the fact that we have different noises we associate with animals and separate onomatopoeia. It was a silly and fun time finding the differences in the sounds Americans and Koreans have for dogs, cats, trains, clocks, etc.

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