My first Korean class

It was really interesting~

The teacher started off by asking people their reason for being in the class, and at least half the people said it was because of Korean films/movies/dramas, and one person said it was because of food~ xD He knew how to ask for kimchi, bibimbap and something else ^^;;;; Some of the people there had studied linguistics, and a few had studied Japanese or visited Korea before. One person was learning Korean because his girlfriend was Korean and he wanted to be able to hold conversations better with her parents beyond "hello", "goodbye" and "I'd like some more, please". XD

It was really informative learning about Korean history, culture, and going through the ways of pronouncing the various vowels and consonants (there was also some space for writing on the handouts, but I'm not sure when/if we'll get around to writing Korean characters). The textbooks are interesting, and it seems at least one of them is available in the MS Library for lending.

It was pretty fun seeing the teacher write his name out in Korean, and then towards the end say that his handwriting (for both Korean and English) wasn't that great. ^^;;;

As homework, I need to memorize all the vowels/consonants, and write/say my name in Korean. I don't think that's going to be very easy, but I'll try. :P We also need to start greeting each other in Korean, too. XD

There seem to be a lot more girls than guys in my class