Before I took this class, I have always had the thought of there are no big differences between the countries in Eastern Asia even though I am from China. However, after taking this class in this term, my mind has completely changed. Many topics that we have covered in this class have really expanded my view. For example, the differences in politeness among Eastern Asian languages, gendered language, and different way of thinking based on different languages we speak. Besides, based on my last two researches on politeness and gendered languages in Japanese, I found a lot of interesting facts about Japanese. What’s more, before my researches, I used to watch the Anime like normal people do, now I will start to notice the differences of what the characters say and look them up.
Furthermore, many interesting topics that we’ve covered have really helped me learn a lot about the language, traditions, and culture of my neighbor countries. This class has raised my interest of visiting Korea and Japan and experience their culture in person.
