We have focused on traveling for the past two weeks. Since we were traveling for Thanksgiving, Bu Julie taught us vocabulary that would help us explain our trips in class. We learned phrases for calling a taxi driver, giving directions,
Read more…10/23/18
This week Evelyn decided to go over diction that even people living in Korea have a hard time spelling correctly. This is because in colloquial language, Koreans misspell it all the time and it is acceptable or they don’t even realize that t
Read more…9/25/18
This week Evelyn tested me on my formal language rules. I expected it so I did a lot better this time. We just went over it orally and not on paper so I am afraid that I’m gonna start forgetting it again. We then started going over some folk
Read more…9/11/18
Today we went over my learning plans/goals. We specifically went over what kinds of activities we want to do to achieve the goals I had set out. One of my main goals were to learn more formalities and formal language. Another goal is to work
Read more…10/9/18
This week we watch a Korean movie without subtitles. The movie is called Along with the Gods 2 and takes place in between Earth and Heaven. It has to do with trials a human will go through before being admitted into a heaven. There a lot of h
Read more…These past two weeks we have discussed time. We have learned the words for the days of the week. Starting with Monday, they are Senin, Selasa, Rabu, Kamis, Jum’at, Sabtu, and Minggu. The word for week is minggu, the same as Sunday, but not capitali
Read more…I learned about Korean proverbs! I was interested in learning proverbs because one of my favorite television show has a mini game where one person will read the first half of the proverb and his partner has to complete it. Jimin showed us a clip of t
Read more…12/3/18
This was our last lessons before the finals exams started. For the majority of the class, we reviewed cultural topics, grammar, diction, reading, and speech. We basically reviewed everything we learned this semester and Evelyn told me that ou
Read more…During the last two weeks of our lesson, we reviewed for the final. Jimin provided a short review of all that we had learned. She also answered any questions I had. I specifically had questions about grammar so she reviewed grammar in depth such as t
Read more…11/20/18
Before the Thanksgiving break starts, Evelyn wanted to do some reading practice. Therefore, we looked up some Korean comic books and read them outloud to each other. The comic book was about a girl who has a family curse. Because of her fam
Read more…11/6/18
For this week we decided to go to a Korean restaurant with other classmates and order Korean food. For the entire time we were eating, Evelyn wanted us to try and talk in Korean as much as we can. We also introduced authentic Korean food to t
Read more…These past two weeks we have focused on common expressions. I have included a few sentences below. These sentences demonstrate the similarity to the English language, as it is always changing. These sentences use slang words that are n
Read more…These past two weeks we have focused vocabulary for sites and attractions. Thalia and Bu Julie gave us a list of words that describe places. Words like taman (park), pantai (park), danau (lake), sungai (river), air terjun (waterfall), and bioskop (
Read more…These past two weeks we have focused on the history and culture of Indonesia. We have discussed the ruling ideologies, the conflict between Chinese and Indonesian citizens, and the growth of the country in each period. We specifically focused on th
Read more…These past two weeks, we have focused on the numerical system. Thalia briefly went over this during SDLC 110, but Bu Julie required us to do a little bit more. We had to learn the vocabulary for the numerical system up to a trillion. S
Read more…This week we started with common vocabulary for items we need to know. Bu Julie brought in some dinner place items. She also went through the vocabulary for items in the room, like door, chair table, left, and right. The class structur
Read more…I watched a very popular movie called “Along with the Gods 2” (“신과함께 2”). I practiced watching a movie without English subtitles. It was a bit difficult because there were some cultural jokes and references that I did not understand. However, Jimin w
Read more…I learned about another type of proverbs. These proverbs are four worded proverbs and are written with Chinese characters called “한자”. One character stands for a word or phrase. For example “춘하추동” means spring, summer, fall, and winter. “춘” stands fo
Read more…Biweekly Journal #1
During the first 2 weeks, I established goals with my new Korean language partner, Jimin. My goal was not only to become more fluent in Korean, but also to learn more about culture and practical everyday ways of speaking and behav
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