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My Cultural Learning in Korea : The Highs and Lows

브라이언 1

1전주대학교

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Life as a foreigner in Korea for almost 20 years has brought its cultural highs and lows. Entering the country with an extremely limited understanding of the language and culture resulted in exhausting periods of struggle as well as rewarding learning opportunities. Before entering Korea, as a university student, I was fortunate to have had prior 390 제47집(2009. 8. 30) worthwhile experiences with Korean students on our American university campus. After arriving in Korea, friends, classmates, and students have shared valuable insights with me for better relating to Koreans within their culture. Although I never intended to stay in Korea more than a few years, the additional years in Korea have given me the opportunity to experience Korean culture firsthand. These cultural experiences gathered through the years will always remain as valuable imprints in my life for better understanding Korean people and living well in Korea. This paper focuses on the author’s last 20 years of his life, as he prepared for departure to Korea in 1988, experienced Korean culture while studying abroad in Daejeon, and during the cultural ups and downs of his life in Jeonju, as a foreign bachelor and later as a married man to his American wife.

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