People often possess a self-centered mindset. Consider this: if you think Koreans should proactively seek to befriend you, reflect on whether you or your fellow citizens would spontaneously approach a foreign student to start a friendship in your own country. Many Koreans traveling abroad are grateful if they manage to avoid racial discrimination. The ubiquity of English as the global lingua franca does not mean everyone must speak it fluently. Like the majority of the world's population, Koreans are monolingual, proficient in their native language. Additionally, many have not had the opportunity to become fluent in English for various reasons. Learning English can be as challenging for Koreans as it is for foreigners to learn Korean. Furthermore, if you acknowledge that Korea has undergone rapid changes in a relatively short period-information that many visitors neglect to learn-you might understand why older generations may find English particularly challenging. Despite this, many Koreans are keen to learn and diligently work to improve their foreign language skills, including English. Visiting a country that has spoken Korean for over five millennia, how much effort have you put into understanding and communicating? Still, many locals at least understand what you are saying and are willing to assist, even if it requires using a translator. It is unreasonable for those who know little to no Korean, have no intention of learning it, and expect all interactions to be in English, to then judge locals as "strange" for not speaking English fluently. Such judgments are unfair and indicative of a lack of effort to understand Koreaโs linguistic context. Are you here (South Korea) to be treated or to be taken care of? Are you here to demand people to serve your needs and adapt to you and your own culture and assumptions? How come?
Great content! I appreciate the honesty and felt you were fair. I would absolutely love to hear more like this. Well done & greatly appreciated!!!๐๐๐
Itโs nice that you put their comments into a broader context unlike some videos which pretend that five people can represent all of Korea or foreigners in Korea. The people you interviewed were lovely, but a bit difficult to understand at times in English due to their pronunciation. I think they should work on their Korean because it is probably not as good as their English, which is much closer to French.
I have open-minded! Very interesting to hear honest opinion about being foreigner.
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Yonsei needs to hear this and do something to help integrate these foreign exchange students with Korean student body. Integration is key to ensure accelerated learning opportunity for these students. These students took a lot of risks and leap of faith in Korean exchange programs.
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Honestly yonsei is a very hard strict university for korean student to get into so the students are constantly working hard to keep their grades up. Not to mention for korean students if they want to stay in the dorms we have to keep our grades up or we can be kicked out the next semester. While foreigners can get in super easily with average grades and no korean skills and don't have to worry about not having a dorm. The university don't care about integrating them as well they are just exchange who wouldn't actually have the compactly to be there.
the best video ever on your channel meetup app is the best I've never lived in another country so idk how you guys make friends in western country but i'm kinda curious about do you guys do the same thing to make friends in Korea when you guys are in your country? or just waiting until Koreans are talking to you guys? like a royal family?
Sean Pablo, I just got to know you recently. It's a great channel. The interview video was very helpful. I really didn't know that foreigners thought that way. My English was not good enough, so I wanted to be close to them, but I was afraid. I'll have to be more courageous in the future. And I thought it might be rude to approach foreigners and talk to them.Thank you for making a good video^^
in korea, even korean dont say 'hi' easily to some one who they encounter on the street or meet up first time. korean will react kindly if you say to them something first.
As a Korean American, I don't understand people who visit Korea and criticize Koreans because they are different from what they are used to. My coworkers and daughter who visited Paris all said French people were rude, arrogant, acted superior and not welcoming to visitors at all. They also said Paris was filthy. In fact my daughter's best friend said they were racist and looked down on Asians. I wonder if those French students know how they are perceived by foreigners and visitors. Every country is unique and different and people should not judge another country by their own perspective and experiences.