Date/Time: June 6, 2017; 9:00-10:00 A.M.
Location: Home via Skype (Tallahassee/Seoul)
Topic: College/Speaking and listening
Feedback: A couple of slip ups this session while Soyoung talked. She messed up her plurals a little bit. Instead of saying "dorms" she would say "dorm." In context, the usage was definitely plural. I do not remember her exact mistake at another time, but I do remember having to correct it to "get a Master's degree."
We talked about college during today's session. Soyoung is only about a year into college but is already taking classes in her major. I told her that in America, a student generally spends two years on general education. So each student needs to take math, science, and English classes--as well as plenty of other subjects. It equates to about 60 credit hours at gen-ed level and 60 hours within your major. Soyoung seemed surprised. She told me that gen-eds are a thing in Korea, but nowhere near as many classes are required. She said it is about 30 credit hours for gen-eds and the rest of your time is spent on your major. She did mention there was a software class that everyone has to take no matter their major, but any other gen-eds are completely their choice.
The roommate process in South Korea is practically the same as in America. Soyoung had to fill out an application with a couple questions and then she was randomly paired with another student. I told her it almost felt like filling out a dating profile. Her dorms are not coed, and she asked if boys and girls could stay in the same dorm building. I told her that in my experience, the answer is yes. At UNF, every other dorm was either boy or girl and it did not matter if a boy visited a girl or vice-versa. At Soyoung's university, they are much stricter and it is frowned upon to allow the opposite sex in your dorm.
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