Our lessons have been majority review and practice by reading words with 받침 [ba-t͡ɕim], considering I struggled with that for a bit. She also started to introduce particles—which I found to be even more difficult than learning about 받침 [ba-t͡ɕim]. We
Read more…As a language learner, I am really enjoying the opportunity to chart my own course in this journey. Language learning has always been really interesting to me but I always felt so discouraged because I could not keep up with the pace, but it was not
Read more…There are sounds in the Korean language that don’t exist in American English. There are five double consonants which are pronounced in a more emphasized manner of its single consonant counterpart. Not all of the consonants have double consonants, but
Read more…For our lessons we have been doing a lot of reviewing over the Korean alphabet and words to solidify my foundation. We’ve also gone over bottom characteristics which in Korean is 받침 [ba-t͡ɕim]. My instructor told me that 받침 [ba-t͡ɕim] means ‘support’
Read more…In our lessons, we worked on reviewing the simple consonants and simple vowels and also introduced the double consonants and complex vowels. My language instructor used charts again to go through the new characters and explained when its used. For co
Read more…I’m feeling especially excited to write this post because this week we had our first real lesson on Korean. Since my first goal is to be able to memorize the Korean alphabet, my instructor introduced the Korean consonants and vowels this week.
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Read more…The main focus of our lesson was to set the goals I had for this semester and what I hope to accomplish at the end of this semester. My ultimate goal is to become more proficient in Korean and be able to hold conversations well enough where I can fre
Read more…If I had received a research grant to conduct a linguistic study on Korean and culture, I would want to investigate where the honorifics of the language derived from. Honorifics consists of four different particles that are semantically the same but
Read more…I had started to write in my target language from the first lesson. I would repeatedly practice writing down the Korean alphabet to test my memory, and also to practice writing out the characters. I would write the entire alphabet while saying the le
Read more…Languages can go extinct due to the linguistic powerhouses—English, Spanish, and Mandarin—dominating the world’s communication domain. In the article “Tribe Revives Language on Verge of Extinction, Kirk Johnson mentions a very good point, “[s]chool w
Read more…Since my presentation of my learning plan, I am able to read out words and know the Korean alphabet by heart—two things I thought were impossible. I remember when I was younger, my mother would try to get me to memorize the Korean alphabet, but it ne
Read more…The discussion of the history of the Korean language came up with my language instructor when we were going over some vocabulary. During my attempts to pronounce the words she gave me, I realized that some Korean words were pretty similar to some Jap
Read more…For a while, I never really gave the Korean language much thought because as a Korean American, I grew up in a household that spoke Korean. But having this dual perspective allowed me to notice the stark contrasts between American culture and Korean
Read more…Phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics are most definitely observed in the Korean language. Phonetics are important because the position of the tongue is crucial in pronouncing certain Korean words with certain characters. For exampl
Read more…During the class, I also learned a lot about Korean culture, such as the food culture in Korean cinemas. After reading the following conversation in the textbook, I learned the differences among Korean theater, American theater and Chinese theater.
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Read more…This semester I made a huge progress on reading and speaking. I tried to read as much as possible in order to improve my reading speed. I used to spend a lot of time on reading because it took me a while to think of the Korean alphabet. Now, I practi
Read more…On the third week, Jenna also helped me recognized different coins and cash in Korea. She also taught me the background information of those people on the paper bills. I think it is really meaningful to understand who they are because they must be re
Read more…On the second week, I reviewed the number and currency in Korean because I would transfer in Korea when I get back to China. I think it is really important to remember how to read and speak numbers since I need to ask people for help and pay for food
Read more…Things are going very well and I am enjoying this process tremendously. It has been the cornerstone of my semester and has given me the motivation to continue learning in general throughout this semester. Being able to get a grip on material that I t
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