Author Archives: Anne-Sophie Frederick

It’s always hard to say goodbye, especially when for weeks, we have bonded, experienced, and shared so much with one another. Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to reflect on my experience and I came up with this unsurprising, … Continue reading →

This week, there has not been many new material covered in class. I appreciated how our teachers mostly focused on review. They allotted plenty of time for processing and catch up on the studied 문법’s as well as all of … Continue reading →

Deepening our knowledge and understanding of Korean Culture Throughout the program, the Korean School has never failed to incorporate practices to help us better learn and understand the culture while learning the language. Archery, for example, is a sport that … Continue reading →

This was the week when I started to truly notice how much my Korean has improved. In class, I have become adjusted to my Korean teachers’ speaking/teaching styles, and during lunch I feel that conversations with my peers are flowing … Continue reading →

Is it still a true immersion when our phones and the essential applications that we use daily are in English? Well, we might not have been able to translate everything, but the level 4 students have undertaken multiple projects that … Continue reading →

The school of Korean’s 소식지 동아리 publishes a newsletter club every week. This week, it was my first time reading it, and I found it to be very interesting. The newsletter is written and organized in such a way that … Continue reading →

During the second week, besides attending classes, I also got the opportunity to participate in what we called “동아리.” They are extracurriculars taught by different professors in the program. The process of choosing which ones to register for was expectedly … Continue reading →

My first week at Middlebury School of Korean went well! It was my first time attending a language immersion program, so I did not have much expectations coming in. I also didn’t completely grasp the concept of a language pledge … Continue reading →