I met with Sing-jin as a conversation partner. We met at Starbucks on Tennessee street around 8pm. This was our first meeting so we exchanged names and some basic background information. He said to call him Jin instead of Sing-jin. Jin is from South Korea, he has been in America for 8 months. He first studied English at Kieser University in West Palm Beach. I actually live in west palm and he reminisced about palm beach and going to the beach back home.
Jin told me about Korea and that his older sister speaks English and his younger sister speaks Chinese. His dad also speaks Japanese. We both found it funny that they all speak a different second language. We also talked about Korea and the nightlife for young adults. He said that bars in Korea stay open until 7am, and when he goes out in Tallahassee he often goes back home and continues to party. I told him about my plans after college, he seemed very excited for me. He told me that he is either going to enroll at TCC or go back to Korea. Jin is no longer at CIES and has passed the TOFL. His English is very good, sometimes his speech is rocky, when he has to search for the right word. He continued our conversation and we talked about sports and political issues in the USA. We made plans to meet again, and possibly go out to the bars together.
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