These pictures are of a Korean Church sign over on River Road. I used to pass by this sign every day when I took the bus after class. Based on the signs, the English service is at 10 am and the Korean service is at 11:30 am. While I’m not religious, I did volunteer at a Seventh Day Adventist Church for nine years. I’ve always been curious about this church because I’ve been learning Korean off and on by myself for a while and now I’m taking Korean 101. I think this connects to our class because it incorporates languages, religious aspects and that even though they don’t speak the same languages they can respect each other. 

     In class, I’m learning a lot of the history and background of how Korean, Japanese and Chinese have become what they are today. I’m mainly focusing on Korean, but it’s interesting learning about Japanese and Chinese linguistic backgrounds. I grew up learning Spanish and English at the same time, while I’m not fluent in Spanish, it does have similar grammatical structures as the languages we’re learning about. That being said, I’m struggling with Chinese the most, it has the most variations and the complexity confuses me at times. I seem to understand the in-class material, but have a hard time with the readings we do for the quizzes.