I have written in my target language before and I still do sometimes. But because I have not officially started the self directed language learning course I have still yet to receive any comments and am still adjusting my learning plan as I keep going through this course. I prefer to write free hand because I like to see how korean looks on paper and hopefully one day my handwriting is somewhere that I feel more comfortable than where I am currently now. Typing is also fun and the benefit is that everyone can read it no matter what, it is just that I prefer writing to typing even if my writing skills are not as good yet. I do know that generally sentence patterns are subject + verb or subject+object+verb and I am still developing my plan since I have not started my intro to learning course and have not had instruction and as much practice as other students. There are a lot of simple sentences but the structure of sentences in Korean is different for the most part. This is because english sentences typically consists of many nouns and prepositions where as korean consists of many modifying phrases to modify nouns so I am not as the relationship between simple and complex sentences in Korean and the resources (including videos and websites and blogs) I have looked at do not completely answer the question which makes it kind of hard for me to make a definite difference as I would with english other than that the complex sentences are made up of a few simple sentences with linking or logical words in between them. My knowledge of government and other higher levels of korean is limited, which is why I have chosen to add that into my language learning plan from the beginning to get a better grasp of the korean language and be able to not only talk about but also write about it and understand it better. There are 9 parts of speech in Korean and I am still working on getting better at using them in speech and writing to improve my fluency in the language.
A few samples of short meaningful writing exercises for korean that I plan on using are writing captions in the korean language for photos, making use of korean vocabulary lists on items such as flashcards, and possibly writing a poem and/or story in korean to get a better grasp of my target language as a whole, writing a letter for practice, and I am also currently using Duolingo and reply to my mom in korean to make sure that I am still at least learning korean and repeating pronunciations after them to improve my speaking and at least make sure I am still immersed in the language.
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In terms of the agreement, I am working to get better at the grammar for agreement in structure and words in both speaking and writing. And I know first hand that it is a culture based on reverence for elders and people in higher positions so I will make sure to incorporate that accordingly when speaking and writing with the endings like (formal endings) in both writing and speaking!