 |
| 이종수 |
In preparation for Saturday's trip to a Korean restaurant, the students spoke to 이종수 (pronounced EE Jong Soo) by video chat from the Culture Complex coffee shop in Seoul, South Korean. 이종수 was charming, entertaining, and very informative. He talked about common Korean foods, fast food in Korea, his favorite American foods, hunger and obesity in Korea, and Korean drinking habits from coffee to soju.
I really enjoyed our video chat with 이종수. He was very informative and he spoke English well. I thought it was a great way to introduce the Korean culture and their native foods. Personally, I didn't know much about Korea, their foods, or their culture before speaking to 이종수. Having that video chat before going to Chosun BBQ really helped. I appreciate that he took time out of his day to talk to us. I'm glad that I can add this to my learning experience!
ReplyDeleteI especially enjoyed the interaction we had with 이종수. He was very friendly and humorous and enlightened me tremendously with all the information he gave us about his culture. I basically had a 'blank slate' when it came to Korean culture. Now, I feel I know something about his culture and I can apply this to my teaching in my in-home childcare.
DeleteMargie
I agree with you, Summar. He did speak English very well. He answered the questions in interesting ways. I watched a lot of Korean movies, but I never really paid attention to the food and how they ate. Now that I have insight, I will be able to understand the food culture better in the movies.
DeleteMarcus
I really enjoyed this part of the class. What a great guest we ended up with. It was very interesting to hear his perspective on American vs Korean food culture. One thing that struck me was when he touched on obesity creeping into Korea. It really made me start to wonder if it is truly an "American" thing to have issues with obesity, or if it's just the natural consequence of convenience and excess.
ReplyDeleteEE Jung Soo is such a neat guy. Very grateful that he took the time to talk with us. He informed us of so many cultural things about Korean food. I took away that the most important items were kimchi, sticky rice, and all kinds of soups. They even have birthday soup made with seaweed. That is so strange for us, as Americans, to imagine.
ReplyDeleteI also liked that he explained elder etiquette. When drinking across from an elder, you must turn to the side, not face on. When toasting, must lower your glass to an elder. He said so much more - so informative. Thanks, Dotty, for exposing us to that experience.
Thanks to the whole class - you guys had some great questions for 이종수 which kept the conversation moving.
DeleteThis was fun little experience we had, thank you.
ReplyDelete