When I was a student at Yonsei our language class was mainly built from English speaking backgrounds. The Korean-American, the Chinese-Korean-American, the Americans, the Europeans, etc. We would break from class and the default language in the hallway would be English, the true Universal Language.
But here at Hanyang things are different. There are only two or three white guys in the entire program *waves hand* And our class make up is quite interesting:
5 Chinese
5 Mongolians
2 Saudis
1 Indian
1 Japanese
and the Lone American
See how many of these languages you can recognize. The writing is all on the wall. And here is a larger size if you want it.
So when we take a break I hear Chinese to my right, Arabic to my left, and Mongolian across the room. English really won't get you very far in class; Korean truly is the Universal Language here.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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