I think the readings are very helpful to my learning of Korean. At the same time, the third document reminds of how I learn my mother language, Chinese, when I was a kid and the learning process of Japanese. As a language beginner, I started with a fixed sentence and played with it by changing each part of it with different words. I checked my work by saying it to my parents. And from their action, I gradually build an understanding of each word and structure of the sentence. I did the same thing with Japanese, with some alternation. Since I did not formally take a Japanese class before, I watched lots of Japanese drama and animation as my language source. I closed the subtitle and observed the reaction of the characters to get an understanding of the language. I think those are really helpful tool for me to study Korean.
Another thing that I have always believed in is that “isolated words do have meanings”. I remembered that before I come to the U.S., my English teacher encouraged me to speak English more and don’t be too worry about that I cannot speak a complete sentence. People can understand the words with body language. And this is the starting point of every language learning.
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