My first week in the SDLC program has been fairly exciting however I do not want to go in with high expectations. I wanted to just get accustomed to everything and getting into the habit of studying a language again. Obviously, in a regular classroom setting, there would be more structure but I like having more flexibility and creating my own language goals.
Our language group has decided to watch a Korean drama together called Reply 1994 or 응답하라 1994, which is part of a series that shows the cultural events during the early 90s in Korea. I had watched the first installment Reply 1997 and the last Reply 1988 which completely immersed me in that time period I had not been alive to experience.
It's interesting to see both the historical context and the pop culture nostalgic. It's the same viewer experience as seeing Forest Gump but set in Korea while trying to uncover who the female lead will marry. It's also very relatable since they are all college students living at a guesthouse and attending Yonsei, the sister institution of Richmond.
Our group decided to split the time into the main session on Monday and a one-on-one another day of the week. For this past week, I wanted to have a brief review of numbers since I was never properly taught. It was slightly confusing since there are two different number systems and in certain scenarios, you can use both. For example, in order to say the time you start with the first system and continue minutes and seconds with the other number system. I started to realize that it's mainly memorization and that I will have to put more time into practicing and remembering. I think it will also help to redo my notes after my partner meetings and add more detail since the session can really fly by. For now, I think the two one-hour will work for my schedule and course load.
I wanted to use the SDLC class to create opportunities to study more Korean instead of trying to absorb it through television or music. While that strategy has helped to improve my listening skills, I think a more formal setting would motivate me to do more "book" learning. In the past, I had received a series of studying Korean textbooks but did not take the time to open them and study. Since it is a formal course and I am getting graded for my work, I want it to be a source of motivation. Because usually there's nothing holding me accountable for learning or studying Korean for fun I would put it off and procrastinate. This week I didn't put in as much time into learning because of the getting used to classes and settling in.
My goals for next week are:
Studying 3 days a week for an hour at least, and focus on learning grammar and vocabulary.
I also want to start recording myself speaking and mimicking native speakers.
Practice writing hangul for at least thirty minutes just writing characters and sentences.
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