여보세요!
Well things have definitely changed a bit from the last post. For one, the Korean government has abolished the TaLK program so it is no longer an option. That’s nice because I no longer have to worry about deciding which route to take, but it’s sad because it was a fantastic opportunity that would have given me a lot of experience in a field I’m considering going into. But I suppose this is God’s way of telling me that’s not where He wants me right now. So, as it stands now, I’m hoping to go to Yonsei University in Seoul. If I can I am going to go over at the beginning of January and do an intensive language course at night. That will overlap with the regular spring semester, which starts in March. Then at the end of the spring semester I plan on staying another month for the summer intensive language program. So all in all I would be gone from the beginning of January to the middle of August. This way I get beyond beginner level Korean and am able to experience Korean culture through three different seasons. I am also going to be looking into participating in Yonsei’s Home-Stay program where I will be able to experience first hand what the average Korean family is like. The only crazy part about this plan (aside from being away from home for so long) is that the summer program ends August 2nd and ASU’s Fall 2014 semester starts August 19th. I wouldn’t be home for very long before I would have to leave for App…a little sad because that gives me almost no time with my family and hardly enough down time with no studying. But if that’s what it takes to learn as much about Korea as I can with the time I have, I will do it without hesitation.
안녕!
Well things have definitely changed a bit from the last post. For one, the Korean government has abolished the TaLK program so it is no longer an option. That’s nice because I no longer have to worry about deciding which route to take, but it’s sad because it was a fantastic opportunity that would have given me a lot of experience in a field I’m considering going into. But I suppose this is God’s way of telling me that’s not where He wants me right now. So, as it stands now, I’m hoping to go to Yonsei University in Seoul. If I can I am going to go over at the beginning of January and do an intensive language course at night. That will overlap with the regular spring semester, which starts in March. Then at the end of the spring semester I plan on staying another month for the summer intensive language program. So all in all I would be gone from the beginning of January to the middle of August. This way I get beyond beginner level Korean and am able to experience Korean culture through three different seasons. I am also going to be looking into participating in Yonsei’s Home-Stay program where I will be able to experience first hand what the average Korean family is like. The only crazy part about this plan (aside from being away from home for so long) is that the summer program ends August 2nd and ASU’s Fall 2014 semester starts August 19th. I wouldn’t be home for very long before I would have to leave for App…a little sad because that gives me almost no time with my family and hardly enough down time with no studying. But if that’s what it takes to learn as much about Korea as I can with the time I have, I will do it without hesitation.
안녕!
 |
| I-House is the International House, the dorm I hope to be staying in. |
