On Friday November 4, 2011 the 10th Annual Korean Play Contest for Foreigners was held at the prestigious Korea University (고려대학교). I am so happy I had the opportunity to participate in this event. I am not an actress, I try but I definitely cannot say I am talented in this area whatsoever. However, this competition gave a chance for us International Students to do a bit of acting in Korean.
I wanted to challenge myself with the Korean language. This is my second semester now and last semester the Korean Writing contest was my challenge and this semester I was happy this play competition became my challenge.
At first it was so difficult to memorize my lines. I did not know a lot of the vocabulary and the verb conjugations. However, with help from my fellow cast mates soon all of us (no matter our levels) had our lines down pretty well. Even though we were only together for a short period of time rehearsing (late into the night), I do feel we put our best performance out there and did a good job!
The trees lining Korea University!
The stone buildings that gives Korea university a classic English feel.
Annalee winning best female actress!
I am happy to say after our hard work we were able to win 2nd prize at this years festival. Overall 6 schools competed and everyone did an amazing job! It was really neat to see students from all over the world speaking Korean. One of my main goals being in Korea is to improve my Korean and to hopefully be at a conversational level before I leave. I'm working hard towards that goal and having a lot of fun along the way.
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