105: Discussion Post #7

[Ellie Yoon]

After reviewing the recording and slides of my presentation of my intended learning plan, I noticed changes in my course of action as well as success in following the plan. One of the changes I saw was that I intended to incorporate the learning of business terms into my studies this semester. I realize, however, that the lessons I did cover with my language partner are more appropriate and suitable for the level I am at with Korean. Business vocabulary can come in future semesters. I also did not get the chance to utilize the Global Studio’s online resources as my language partner prepared most of the hardcopy lesson materials. The discussions about language structures have helped me in learning my target language because it added details and the name to the different aspects of the language I have been unconsciously using. For example, I didn’t know what to refer to as when mentioning what I now know as derivational morphemes. I believe I am always culturally close to Korean. With the actual language, however, I always felt distanced from the pure usage of Korean as a native “Konglish” speaker. Through my SDLAP experience, I am happy to say that I am uncovering more about the language and will become more proficient. To further improve my communicative competence, I think verbal practice is key (for anyone on any level of learning a language). Based on the H.D. Brown reading, my plan, and what I ended up learning focused on organizational competence, specifically grammatical competence.