SUMMER IN
SEOUL BY ALLISON GARBACZ
SPONSORED BY THE UW-MADISON KOREAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAM
For almost three years now I have been studying Korean at UW-Madison. What started out as a “I’m just doing this for fun” elective class quickly turned into “Wow, Korean is cool, I need to know more” major declaration. Since this life-changing epiphany, I have thrown myself head-first into studying this beautiful (albeit complicated) language. But of course, studying a language in the classroom and actually going out and using the language are two completely different things. Language is something that is constantly evolving, and you can only learn so much by sitting in a windowless classroom for 50 minutes a day. So when I was given the opportunity to study abroad in Seoul, South Korea thanks UW’s Korea study abroad program, I immediately jumped at the chance. Through this program, I was able to attend Yonsei University (one of Korea’s most prestigious universities) for 10 weeks enrolled in an intensive Korean language program. Of course, language learning was the main reason I went to Korea in the first place, but life is comprised of much more than just school and studying. So what did I get up to during these 10 weeks? I cannot possibly describe everything that I did during this trip. You could spend ten years in Korea and still
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