Assignment

EAP98
Mikyung Won
April 20, 2010

An important event that changed my life


What is the important event that changed in my life? I want to talk about my immigration, that is, the first to me lived in another country for the first time in my life and it was very weird for me. Many people have moved from their home country and migrated. Some reasons why people have migrated is one, they had a new work place, have a new house, or married with someone, but immigration is totally different for me. Because I had to adapt to American’s new cultures, learn a new language, and meet new people.
First, this new culture changed my thought in my life because the culture is so different between the American’s culture and Korean culture. For example, Korean people introduce first with first with people because when people meet their first meeting, they think that it is polite to introduce themselves, especially for adults. But, Americans don’t have a personal question because it is a thing of the privacy infringement. Most Korean like involve with others because Korean think relation is very important for their relationship. I think relation is best important to me than other thing too.
Second, words, I was going to learn a new language. It changed my life because I have used Korean language for over thirty years, so I couldn’t change my own language easily. When I came here for the first time, I couldn’t understand their language at all because they talked too fast. Also, it was difficult for me to distinguish my known words. Another reason is American’s grammar is different than my country. For example, my country’s grammar verb says always at the end. But English verb is always followed next the subject. That’s why it confused me a lot of times, and I made many mistakes, and it is hard to speak and learn. So, I spent time to learn English, but I am still not perfect.
Third, meeting new people has changed my life because I have grown up with Korean people most of my life so being introduced to all these new things, especially American people has changed my way of looking at certain things. I think because of meeting new people, I was able to change my thought. For example, American is very nice and kind for first meet person that is so a deeply impress to me and change me. I learned many good things from American’s. Meet is always hard to me, so I have to have brave. It changed me newly.
At last, after the immigration changed me a lot. I learned American’s culture, speak English a little, and not much worry meet the American than before. Also, I learned how to make my credit, how to go to trip myself, how to buy cheaper stuff, and how to answer that after the said “Hi?” I enjoying my changed life now and I will keep going my adventure. Until I have free English to say that and feel comfortable. It is going to be fun to me.