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impression of Korea
Tumenbayar Davaanyam 교육과정박사과정
I am Tumenbayar Davaanyam from Mongolia. As the names of Mongolian people are quite long, you can call me by my nickname \"Tumee\". I am a graduate with Bachelor and Master\'s degree from the National University of Mongolia, with a major in Mathematics and mathematics didactics.
I arrived at Chonbuk National University in South Korea on February 26th. I am a doctoral student in Education. The main reason I chose to study at CNU was to improve my knowledge and ability, to continue my research work at a higher level (to get more results), and goback to Mongolia and pass on the new technologies and methodologies I will have learned. I am very pleased to study at such a prestigous university which is going to be the top 100 Universities by 2020. Here are some of my initial impressions of Korea.
I liked the training atmosphere a lot. The lecture room and classrooms are fully equipped with the all the necessary technology. It is sufficient to read the course handbook and other required books, which are in Korean or English. There is a sports square and also performance rooms for students to spend their free time. Everything has been converted to electronice files, making things convenient and easy to use. For example: if I need the student reference, I can l enter the code and get it.
Everyone here has been quite friendly, and generally helpful in my attempts to study and communicate. Kindness is very important in Korea, and I have been made to feel welcome. Honor and respect are very important in Korea. It always happens in studying the Korean language.
Mongolia is always described as a green, flat country, however there many mountains. Thus, I am always amazed by the beautiful landscape of Korea\'s mountains. I have been here only 3 months, and I have often enjoyed the natural environment, such as the beaches and the clean, picturesque mountains. I have also visited many beautiful cities of Korea\'s countryside.
I take pleasure in sampling Korean food, such as kim-che jigae (soup with kimchi), bulgogi (Korean-style barbecued beef), samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup), etc. Koreean food seems to consist of primarily one ingredient: fire. Kimchi, the national specialty, is a cabbage dish flavored with spicy pepper sauce. It comes in many varieties, one of which will be present at every Korean meal. There are spicy meat dishes, spicy vegetable dishes, and spicy unknown dishes. There is even spicy soup.
Koreans generally eat with chopsticks. I have been practicing, and I can now sometimes get the food close to my mouth before it falls off. Chopsticks are a great way to lose weight. It takes so much time and effort to get anything near your mouth, you must be burning calories.
Most restaurants have tables and chairs, but there are some places where the guests remove their shoes and sit cross-legged at a low table. The purpose of this is to make the non-Koreansit as far away from his food as possible, which requires even more work with the chopsticks. I tend to regard the ability to sit cross-legged, like the ability to sleep on an airplane or touch one\'s toes, as a kind of magic trick.
It is a custom in many parts of the world to remove your shoes when entering someone\'s home. Koreans take this even further. The students and teachers remove their shoes when entering a school, and everyone wears sandals or slippers while inside.
I thought Korean language was related to Chinese, but it is actually in the Altaic language family, which connects Japanese and Korean with the languages of the Asian steppes and Turkish. Korean grammatical sentence structure is the same as our Mongolian language. But it seems somewhat difficult to study, especially the characters. In our Education program, there is a Chinese woman. She looks like Korean woman and speaks very well like Koreans. I would like to learn the Korean like her in the future. I will also do my best to study hard so that I will be able to read Korean books, those relating to my profession, in particular.
Mongolia and Korea have a long-standing diplomatic relationship. Korea has made many contributions to Mongolian education, politics and economics. Many Korean companies and universities co-operate with their Mongolian counterparts. Mongolian National University co-operates with Chungbuk National University, Chungnam National University, Dankook University, Inha University, Kangwon National University, KFAS, NAMYANJU city, POSCO TJ Park foundation, KOICA and about 30 other organizations.
Many students from Mongolia are now studying in Korea. I hope that this exchange will continue and will increase with the assistance and support of government programs. I think that once young Mongolians become educated in developed countries, they will help develop and make contributions to their home country. I am also one of them. After endeavoring my purpose, I too hope to spread the knowledge I will gain to my fellow Mongolians.
I am Tumenbayar Davaanyam from Mongolia. As the names of Mongolian people are quite long, you can call me by my nickname \"Tumee\". I am a graduate with Bachelor and Master\'s degree from the National University of Mongolia, with a major in Mathematics and mathematics didactics.
I arrived at Chonbuk National University in South Korea on February 26th. I am a doctoral student in Education. The main reason I chose to study at CNU was to improve my knowledge and ability, to continue my research work at a higher level (to get more results), and goback to Mongolia and pass on the new technologies and methodologies I will have learned. I am very pleased to study at such a prestigous university which is going to be the top 100 Universities by 2020. Here are some of my initial impressions of Korea.
I liked the training atmosphere a lot. The lecture room and classrooms are fully equipped with the all the necessary technology. It is sufficient to read the course handbook and other required books, which are in Korean or English. There is a sports square and also performance rooms for students to spend their free time. Everything has been converted to electronice files, making things convenient and easy to use. For example: if I need the student reference, I can l enter the code and get it.
Everyone here has been quite friendly, and generally helpful in my attempts to study and communicate. Kindness is very important in Korea, and I have been made to feel welcome. Honor and respect are very important in Korea. It always happens in studying the Korean language.
Mongolia is always described as a green, flat country, however there many mountains. Thus, I am always amazed by the beautiful landscape of Korea\'s mountains. I have been here only 3 months, and I have often enjoyed the natural environment, such as the beaches and the clean, picturesque mountains. I have also visited many beautiful cities of Korea\'s countryside.
I take pleasure in sampling Korean food, such as kim-che jigae (soup with kimchi), bulgogi (Korean-style barbecued beef), samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup), etc. Koreean food seems to consist of primarily one ingredient: fire. Kimchi, the national specialty, is a cabbage dish flavored with spicy pepper sauce. It comes in many varieties, one of which will be present at every Korean meal. There are spicy meat dishes, spicy vegetable dishes, and spicy unknown dishes. There is even spicy soup.
Koreans generally eat with chopsticks. I have been practicing, and I can now sometimes get the food close to my mouth before it falls off. Chopsticks are a great way to lose weight. It takes so much time and effort to get anything near your mouth, you must be burning calories.
Most restaurants have tables and chairs, but there are some places where the guests remove their shoes and sit cross-legged at a low table. The purpose of this is to make the non-Koreansit as far away from his food as possible, which requires even more work with the chopsticks. I tend to regard the ability to sit cross-legged, like the ability to sleep on an airplane or touch one\'s toes, as a kind of magic trick.
It is a custom in many parts of the world to remove your shoes when entering someone\'s home. Koreans take this even further. The students and teachers remove their shoes when entering a school, and everyone wears sandals or slippers while inside.
I thought Korean language was related to Chinese, but it is actually in the Altaic language family, which connects Japanese and Korean with the languages of the Asian steppes and Turkish. Korean grammatical sentence structure is the same as our Mongolian language. But it seems somewhat difficult to study, especially the characters. In our Education program, there is a Chinese woman. She looks like Korean woman and speaks very well like Koreans. I would like to learn the Korean like her in the future. I will also do my best to study hard so that I will be able to read Korean books, those relating to my profession, in particular.
Mongolia and Korea have a long-standing diplomatic relationship. Korea has made many contributions to Mongolian education, politics and economics. Many Korean companies and universities co-operate with their Mongolian counterparts. Mongolian National University co-operates with Chungbuk National University, Chungnam National University, Dankook University, Inha University, Kangwon National University, KFAS, NAMYANJU city, POSCO TJ Park foundation, KOICA and about 30 other organizations.
Many students from Mongolia are now studying in Korea. I hope that this exchange will continue and will increase with the assistance and support of government programs. I think that once young Mongolians become educated in developed countries, they will help develop and make contributions to their home country. I am also one of them. After endeavoring my purpose, I too hope to spread the knowledge I will gain to my fellow Mongolians.