This week, I had my first meeting with my learning partner, Vivian. This semester I will be having one on one lessons with her. We were able to meet and discuss around eleven to twelve learning topics and initial ideas we had to put together a general syllabus for this semester. These goals and ideas consisted of Korean slangs, memorizing the korean keyboard/improving my writing, reading korean articles, learning some vocabulary related to physical therapy, learning more about korean culture via youtube videos and korean dramas, the mukbang product placement controversy, texting in Korean practice, as well as practicing speaking scenarios in Korean while always increasing my Korean vocabulary and competency. We decided to move forward with these goals for now and have our lessons in complete Korean to make sure we stay engaged with Korean since we normally do not speak it on campus due to instruction and everything else being in English on our campus. We aspire to achieve all of these objectives because we feel that by being exposed to Korean in a variety of methods, we will all progress as learners. We agreed to adapt my learning plan on a week-by-week basis because this semester's plan is a little more ambitious than previous semesters. Our meeting times are on Tuesdays from 3-4 and sometimes even 4:30 depending on how in depth we go on our discussions. I learned from the strategies freshman year in the SDLC class that I am an active learner so I will interact with books, practice with my learning partner and outside of classes either alone or with some friends, and will make the activities engaging by tailoring them to include hands-on activities and writing as well. That was my initial meeting with Vivian and in my next class we ended up starting with an introduction of how our weeks were in Korean and if there was anything interesting we had done that week. Then we went to some scenario practice by talking about the dining options in the dining hall as well as some fun introduction questions to get to better acquaint ourselves with one another and just get some basic Korean practice in as well. We also watched some Korean variety show clips during the lesson with the intention of practicing speaking comprehension which was useful as it made sure you immersed yourself in the language and actively translated what was going on during the class. Afterwards, we discussed what homework would be, which was to begin a Korean drama or movie and write a reflection on what we thought about it during the time. I ended up choosing a Korean drama called Hometown Cha Cha and shortly after ended up starting another drama called Squid Game which happened to be some of the most fun Korean shows I have watched in a while due to how uniquely they set up the scene and messages from the characters, to the plot, and artistic direction under the directors/producers’ visions of the show.
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