{"id":45743,"date":"2021-11-22T09:29:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=45743"},"modified":"2021-11-22T09:29:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:29:53","slug":"my-journey-with-learning-korean-more-than-a-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2021\/11\/22\/my-journey-with-learning-korean-more-than-a-language\/","title":{"rendered":"My Journey With Learning Korean: More Than a Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you ever get into something and think: \u201cMaybe it\u2019s just a phase?\u201d That was me, six years ago when I started listening to K-pop. The world of K-pop was so fascinating to me and learning about it seemed to be never-ending and I enjoyed every part of it. Becoming an avid listener of K-pop, naturally, I was exposed to Korean culture and society and I felt myself itching to learn everything about it. From Korean history, literature, film, I got my hands on whatever I could access. Interestingly, it wasn\u2019t something I always went out of my way to do; it was a domino effect of one source leading to another whether it was a book, film, or video. Still, I put off learning Korean language because I truly thought my interest in the culture wouldn\u2019t last that long. And I\u2019ve picked up and dropped so many languages in the past that this wasn\u2019t something new to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still, it\u2019s been six years and little has changed. I\u2019m invested more in Korean culture than ever. When people ask me what piques my interest about it, I have many reasons but can\u2019t think of a singular one that captures exactly what my appreciation means to me. I decided to pursue learning Korean language seriously after I finished writing a book that is set in South Korea. I knew that if I was writing something outside of my own experience I had to get it right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the years I spent getting to know Korean culture via translated sources, I was certain that there was so much I was missing because of the language barrier. I no longer wanted to limit what I know because of language and I feel that if I\u2019m writing material in a space I haven\u2019t been exposed to then I can\u2019t have a selective understanding of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Korean-style barbeque \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve learned that learning a language means more than speaking and understanding. At its core, knowing another language is a cultural exchange. The polyglots that speak a plethora of languages do so because they have this itch to discover what they can\u2019t when a language barrier exists. Rather than being miles away from carrying a conversation, each word or phrase they learn is one step closer to connecting with a community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first part of my Korean language journey. In the next part, I\u2019ll cover exactly how I am learning Korean right now and the materials I use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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