Emily CP #1

On Tuesday, March 5th, at 7:30 am, I had my first conversation partner meeting with Do-Jun Kim on Skype. We did introductions and gave each other basic information about ourselves. It seemed he could speak and understand English fairly well, and only asked for more information on a couple of words. He was also very easy to talk to and down-to-earth, so the conversation was very enjoyable. I  noticed that he had trouble understanding some idioms, which was understandable because even though he could speak English fairly fluently, he probably knows formal English and not so much casual English and idioms. I could maybe use more idioms in our future conversations so he will be able to learn them. Overall, it was a very enjoyable experience, as all of my conversation partner experiences have been, and I look forward to conversing with him again and learning more about Korea.

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