Korean Class

The numbers are in. My overall grade for evening class level 2 is 82%.

Listening was my strongest with 95%.

Reading was also high with a score of 91%.

Conversation was lower than I was expecting with 74%. All of the points I love minus one was because of missed grammer markers 이, 가, 을, 를, 으로, etc. Teacher said people have no problem understanding me and my pronouncation and accent are good. So if I had all of the grammer solid I could have gotten 99% on that section. I've also been complimented by my peers in terms of speaking. Considering my history with languages (see below) I'm very proud of this.

The writing section was the lowest with 67.6%. I've known this is my weak point so I wasn't exactly surprised. Again the grammer was the main reason for missing points. I've been spending a lot of time on the bus with a grammer book and the questions I am asking in and out of class have been a lot more grammer related then before.

I've always struggled with language classes. Spanish in high school was pathetic. Korean as an exchange student was hard and knowing that I would stop learning Korean after that affected my so-so studying at the time. The summer class I took before was mixed with the idea that I would only be in the country for a few months mixed with my dad visiting and me having been away from Korea for years. My grade there was alright but...I actually don't remember my score. Oh well.

With that as my history, I think this is the best I've done in a language class period. My average was a low B and I aced two sections of the exam. I'm real happy~

2 Days

I've been enjoying my Korean class for quite some time. I'm performing well in the class and apparently I've developed a reputation for my laughter (no surprise) and for my accents (little surprise that I am more comfortable using them in groups) and for cracking language related jokes in class (this I really like).

Last night we had a practice written exam. There were two questions tied together. Listen to the conversation then select which activity they did and select the younger sibling from the photo taken during the event. After going through everything the teachers went over each question and answer to help us.
One teacher asked "So how did you know which activity they did?" clearly wanting us to tell which word tipped us off.
People were a bit scared to answer so I said "I looked at the picture!"

The pre-test went pretty well. After class I wandered over to the park close to my house and found two guys plays bongos and a guitar and singing some songs that I recognized. Hung out there for a bit before going to Choi's Tacos and got my chicken burrito cooked by Mr. Choi himself. He went to Mexico and learned burrito making don't-cha-know.

English classes went pretty well. Watched a short documentary after work (45min), followed by a music video that grew on me quite quickly. A lot of identity searching eh?

And finally I met with a friend and we went to an authentic Chinese resturaunt which are really hard to find since Koreans only really like two Chinese dishes. I've been craving real Chinese food for quite some time. Shoot, even Americanized-Chinese food would make me happy. But this, oh this was Heaven.

Gee Gee Gee Gee Gee

This is a very catchy pop tune with a real bright and colorful music video. Normally I wouldn't care enough to post something like this but I enjoyed hearing the song being sung by 1st graders on Friday. It made a cute song even cuter.

Oh yeah, and the group has nine members.

But we've seen other large girl groups in the past. Korea has also had "7 Princess" (sp) with seven really early preteens while Japan has had Morning Musume which has had anywhere from five members to around 13 or so. Morning Musume has had 25 past and current members and a total of 38 singles to date.