DPAC Movie Night - もくようび

Last Thursday, I went to the DPAC to see the movie Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission. It is a Korean historical drama about the efforts to preserve and revive Hangul, the Korean alphabet, during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1940s. The film follows a group of ordinary people who secretly collect Korean words and work to create a national dictionary at a time when the Japanese government tried to suppress the Korean language.

Within the movie, there was a line meaning: "Words contain a nation's spirit." This was a very inspiring to me because it made me realize that language is a huge part of a country's identity. While learning Nihongo at ND I hope to similarly learn of the culture within Japan and the social contexts that follow the language I'm learning.

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Why I chose Japanese

The reason I took Japanese was because I wanted it to be a special introduction to my study of East Asian languages. Although I have explored languages that are more prominent like French and English, I found that I have not really immersed myself with the culture of the Eastern World. Furthermore, the culture that Japan brings with its respectful attitude, delicious food and exciting anime lets me know that I would like to try really hard to be able to learn the language. For the first time, I have a broad choice to be able to choose the language I want to learn, and Japanese just was the first one that came to mind. This semester, I hope that I am able to learn the basics and be able to take the continuation of this course. Memorization is a very hard and tiring activity to me so I am scared of Hiragana and learning a new alphabet, but I am sure with more consistent practice I will be able to do better. We Can Do It!

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