Blog assignment 4

After read “From Two Years in the melting Pot”, I could fully understand Liu’s situation and his feeling because I also foreign student from Korea. However, I think staying with own country people would not too bad. I usually being with Korean friends and we go library and have meal together. Even though I would use Koreans a lot, I could still learn English from them and take comfort by being together.

Learning English from native speaker is the best way to learn language. However, in real life, it is hard to learn from them. For example, the native speakers who I can meet often are dormitory friends. They are really kind and try to fallow my poor expression. I can have conversation with them a lot, but I mainly use simple expression that I used before. So, my English expression is always as same as before. Additionally, they are trying to understand my poor English, but they do not correct my wrong expression and teach me better words because they are not my English teacher. So, I could never know what my problem is. On the other hands, if I am with Korean friends, I could ask the English expression. Korean friends know what I want to try to say and they could give appropriate expression exactly that I wanted.

The other advantage of being with own country friends is I can rely on them mentally and physically. The people who are from same country are already suffered same problems before. So, they could give advice which from their own experience and give great solutions. For instance, one day, I cough a cold and this fact spread among the Korean friends. And next day, one friend gave medicine, one friend gave me a hot tea from Korea and one friend barrow me a thick blanket for warm me up. The rest of friends send me a text message to cheer me up and these ease my mind.

There are advantages and disadvantages in hanging out with own country friends. However, I could learn English in other ways through these friends and they give me great consolation that helps me in many ways.

stumble:

1. to lose one’s balance and trip forwards after accidentally catching or misplacing one’s foot.

2. to walk unsteadily.

3. to speak with frequent hesitations and mistakes.

4. to make a mistake in speech or action

Punctuation

1.a system of conventional marks used in a text to clarify its meaning for the reader, indicating pauses, intonation, missing letters, etc.

2.

a. the use of such marks

b. the process of inserting them.

Delegation

1.a group of delegates.

2.the act of delegating or the state of being delegated.

blog assignment 3. Nonverbal communication

Every language has their own grammar, vocabulary and so on. So, if you want to learn a new foreign language, you can learn reading, listening, speaking and writing. However, there is another factor in language, nonverbal communication. For me, English is a foreign language that American nonverbal communication is not familiar. Especially, eye contacting could be a good example.
The eye contacting is accepted as different meaning in Korea and America. Eye contacting time in Korea is much shorter than America. It is because of strong Confucianism that Korea has. In Korea, gazing at the old people is a rude behavior. The old should have to be respected that the young must stand at attention and lower their position to the old. The greeting with banding down also means the respect to the others by lowering their position. For instance, if you are scolded from a teacher, parents or elder who to be respected, you should have to be crouch your body little big and lower your eyes. If not, like keep the eye contacting with them, it could be meaning you are fair that you do not have anything wrong. However, in America, eye contacting means respect for the speaker that shows you are paying attention to them. So, avoid eye contacting while they rebuke means you are indifference the speaker’s talking. For this reason, America people are familiar in an eye contacting to show their regard. But, for me, long eye contacting is not familiar that makes me embarrassed and, I have to avoid meeting their eyes.

blog assignment 2. the first four minutes

According to the “The First Four Minutes”, four minutes is looks very short time but it is enough time to make new relationship. Additionally, writer quote the advice from Dr, Leonard Zunin’s research that the way to be popular. Frankly, I totally agree with this text. I always try to make good relationship with many people, and also try to give good impression to them. Furthermore, I had experience that tried to changing my character when I was young so I can agree with the writing with my whole heart.
When I make new people and make new relationship, I try to be “heartful friend” to them. First of all, I always try to be in their shoes. I have a friend name, Jung-ho. He does not talk a lot, but he always listen my story carefully and then gave me an advice that exactly what I looked for. One day, I realized that even though he does not talk a lot, I always call and talk to him whenever I have problem and want someone to talk about. Before I met Jung-ho, I usually talk a lot rather than listen to others. However, I could know the importance of good listening. Having opened ear to hear others story so that I can give a truly advice from fully understand their feeling. Secondly, I try to have “health mind.” I love laughing and smile, try to be optimistic and do my work hardly. The smile and laugh is easy to infect to the others and makes happy together. In addition, looking on the brought side makes me positive and encourage myself. I always have a plan for my future and keep move on for it. Doing my work hard with happiness makes other people to get courage and makes them dreaming. The friends call me “bright girl” and they likes to talk together. They said when they talk with me, they can feel the happiness from me and makes them to think about their dreams and future.
This character was not inborn. I was really quiet and shy girl when I was elementary school. One day, I read a description about chance in Greece myth. Chance has woolly front hair but bald back hair. This means catch his hair when you met the chance, or not you can’t catch his back side after he passes you. I aware that just stay quietly never be benefit for me. As time passed, I go to middle school, high school, and university and I could meet new place with new people. I keep changed to meet people, and find the way to make friend. Finally, I could learn the way that how to find same interest. With same interest, we can talk same topic, find similarity, and feel free to be a friend.
Until today, I still meet new people and makes new relationship. I still want to be a nice friend who can give good effect and helpful friend for each others. Not just makes new relationship is always good but finding good friend is important. As I look for good friend, I hope to be a good friend to them.

part 2. After reading "Mother Tongue"

“Mother Tongue” is the story about the writer herself story that the suffered from Chinese formed English. Through this truly story, we could know the power of the language that we are used to. This is also can explain the different word using in different generation in Korea, my country. The young generation usually uses “shorten” words in internet chat and text messages. Therefore, the new “shorten” words are keep creating and the old generation have no way to know the meaning of the words. In addition, more younger people makes “Alien word” that use similar shape symbols instead of letters and this makes the generation gap bigger then before. I had experience that my mother could not understand the word meaning “drop the class.” The word was often used within me and my friend, but my mother could not understand. Same ways, one day I found out that I could not understand the text message from my younger sister because we use the word that I had ever seen. This “shorten” words are problem that some television program, like comedy show use these words. From this effect, the people are be used to use the “shorten” word and easily to make mistake that use in formal situation. For example, I was tried to write the letter to my professor, but I can’t remind the formal word. I was too familiar in using casual word that I feel difficulty in using formal word. However, through reading “Mother Tongue”, I could aware of the important the word and language that use most of time.

Hi, I'm YooMee Kye

Hi, my name is YooMee Kye. I'm from Korea, Bundang city. Most of you might know Seoul, the capital of Korea. Bundang also big city like Seoul, and near- just takes 20 minutes by bus. Whoever want to know about Korea and Korean, I could teach you with glad. I'm transfer student from HanKuk University.My major is chemistry and want to study in nano material area. Before come UD, I was an undergraduate researcher, and studied PEDOT, the organic conducting polymer. However, learning major in a foreign language is difficult, I think. I hope we can help each other for our successful UD life. : )