UConn Magazine: Speaking the Language

What to do when at home during a pandemic? Learn a new language, of course

Adrienne Bruce ’22 (CLAS) decided to learn Korean during the early weeks of the pandemic.

Adrienne Bruce ’22 (CLAS) decided to learn Korean during the early weeks of the pandemic (Peter Morenus / UConn Photo).

Trapped at home during quarantine in the spring of 2020, Adrienne Bruce ’22 (CLAS) decided the time was ripe to pick up another language. As soon as her remote classes ended, the linguistics and philosophy major turned to online Korean lessons. “It was something fun to do while I adjusted to quarantine,” she says.

Bruce is putting her pastime to the test this semester at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea, on a Gilman Scholarship for undergraduate studies abroad from the U.S. State Department. She spoke with us in July.

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