2015년 08월 05일
Wednesday was review day. In both of my language classes (speaking and listening/reading), we played review games, looked at sheets for vocabulary, and practiced for our interview exam. It was a little bit stressful to find out that there were a few things I didn't know or couldn't remember, but it also helped me a lot to figure out what I needed to study some more.
During culture class, we started our final presentation projects. I finally decided that I wanted to present my four favorite places that I'd been to in Korea during my stay - (1) Namsan Tower, (2) the Super Junior concert (of course), (3) Busan, and (4) Yeouido Park. Because I had to talk about each of these places in-depth and in Korean, I also had to choose some places that I had more to talk about rather than others I may have wanted to include. But, I finally had a solid start on my presentation.
My culture class teacher, however, decided to make me feel stressed about the presentation by asking if I would like to present my project at the graduation ceremony the next day... In front of 100+ people who were better in Korean than I was... Because she needed someone from our class to present, she kept begging me and I finally caved... Even though I absolutely hate public speaking (and, not to mention, I'd never felt confident about my Korean skills in the first place to even attempt public speaking in Korean)... So, I told her that I would do it... Which then meant that I needed to finish my presentation ASAP to send it to her for the ceremony tomorrow. No pressure, right? It's not like I had a final exam and interview to study for as well...
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I had a long night of studying ahead of me and didn't get to sleep until about 2 or 3 am... As soon as tomorrow's exam and interview were finished, I would be so much happier!
Wednesday was review day. In both of my language classes (speaking and listening/reading), we played review games, looked at sheets for vocabulary, and practiced for our interview exam. It was a little bit stressful to find out that there were a few things I didn't know or couldn't remember, but it also helped me a lot to figure out what I needed to study some more.
During culture class, we started our final presentation projects. I finally decided that I wanted to present my four favorite places that I'd been to in Korea during my stay - (1) Namsan Tower, (2) the Super Junior concert (of course), (3) Busan, and (4) Yeouido Park. Because I had to talk about each of these places in-depth and in Korean, I also had to choose some places that I had more to talk about rather than others I may have wanted to include. But, I finally had a solid start on my presentation.
My culture class teacher, however, decided to make me feel stressed about the presentation by asking if I would like to present my project at the graduation ceremony the next day... In front of 100+ people who were better in Korean than I was... Because she needed someone from our class to present, she kept begging me and I finally caved... Even though I absolutely hate public speaking (and, not to mention, I'd never felt confident about my Korean skills in the first place to even attempt public speaking in Korean)... So, I told her that I would do it... Which then meant that I needed to finish my presentation ASAP to send it to her for the ceremony tomorrow. No pressure, right? It's not like I had a final exam and interview to study for as well...
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I had a long night of studying ahead of me and didn't get to sleep until about 2 or 3 am... As soon as tomorrow's exam and interview were finished, I would be so much happier!