During an English camp in Busan, South Korea, my Korean co-teacher gave me an impromptu lesson on speaking and writing in Arabic. One of my students filmed the fascinating cross-cultural interaction. The outgoing co-teacher, who was a bit rusty, had spent a short time in the UAE. I was somewhat aware of a few common Arabic words but never received a lesson on writing.
All in all, the video was simply a lesson on how human identities are fluid––we are individual products of unique, collective social systems, and it's imperative that we explore and respect the similarities and differences.
What were your interpretations of the video?
