Much of my early language learning was very informal. I grew up speaking Korean at home with both my parents, who immigrated to the US before I was born. I never attended Korean school or learned from a tutor, but was rather taught through children’s books with my mom and reading text messages from my parents. And I honestly really enjoyed this. This was a low stakes, no test-taking, encouraging environment where I felt comfortable to learn instead of it being pushed onto me. However, I didn’t really have much “formal” experience learning. Because we only spoke and read occasionally, I don’t have a very strong ability to comprehend, write, or read as much as I’d like. I don’t quite understand the grammatical structure, alphabet, or more technical aspects of Korean. I hope that by taking this course and subsequent, I will be able to develop a deeper understanding of the intricate details of Korean language both out loud and on paper.
I would say that I am a tactile and visual learner. I learn best when things are presented before me with instructions, and then I am given the opportunity to complete the task. I enjoy learning through watching videos and then recreating results. I think the most effective way for me to learn is to practice, just as anything else. I need to repeat things that I’m learning for me to best understand and remember. I think this can be in the form of constantly talking to native speakers such as my parents, or always reading a book in Korean, even if it is short. This can be done by giving my parents a short phone call every morning or scrolling on Naver, a Korean version of an internet forum such as Reddit. I can read over what people have to say and even post my own questions to improve upon my reading comprehension.
I also completed the multiple intelligence survey and found that my strengths included logic/math, self, and body movement. In terms of my logic/math strength, I believe I can leverage this skill to improve upon my language skills by looking at the pattern between words and organizing words into categories. I know in English, words such as heal, health, and healthy are related, but I’m not quite sure how that shows up in Korean. I can also organize words into categories. Given words such as rock, leaf, lake, and paper in Korean, I can pick out which word does not belong. Another skill is my sense of self, which I believe will be useful when reflecting upon my progress and learning. My last skill is called “body movement.” I enjoy incorporating movement into my learning and will oftentimes stand up, speak it out loud, and then sit back down when trying to learn difficult topics. I can learn Korean by standing up and explaining things out loud to myself which will help me better understand and remember concepts that I am not familiar with.
I would say that I am a tactile and visual learner. I learn best when things are presented before me with instructions, and then I am given the opportunity to complete the task. I enjoy learning through watching videos and then recreating results. I think the most effective way for me to learn is to practice, just as anything else. I need to repeat things that I’m learning for me to best understand and remember. I think this can be in the form of constantly talking to native speakers such as my parents, or always reading a book in Korean, even if it is short. This can be done by giving my parents a short phone call every morning or scrolling on Naver, a Korean version of an internet forum such as Reddit. I can read over what people have to say and even post my own questions to improve upon my reading comprehension.
I also completed the multiple intelligence survey and found that my strengths included logic/math, self, and body movement. In terms of my logic/math strength, I believe I can leverage this skill to improve upon my language skills by looking at the pattern between words and organizing words into categories. I know in English, words such as heal, health, and healthy are related, but I’m not quite sure how that shows up in Korean. I can also organize words into categories. Given words such as rock, leaf, lake, and paper in Korean, I can pick out which word does not belong. Another skill is my sense of self, which I believe will be useful when reflecting upon my progress and learning. My last skill is called “body movement.” I enjoy incorporating movement into my learning and will oftentimes stand up, speak it out loud, and then sit back down when trying to learn difficult topics. I can learn Korean by standing up and explaining things out loud to myself which will help me better understand and remember concepts that I am not familiar with.
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