105: Learning Journal #10

[Daniel Kwon]

Since I’ve been attempting to read and write in my target language most of my life, I will focus on my experiences that occurred this semester. I can undoubtedly say that this semester my reading and writing skills have improved tenfold. Although the spelling for my writing is still a bit iffy, I can definitively say that my increased vocabulary has expanded my ability to express myself in Korean. Whenever I talk to my parents or relatives, I can express certain things through written form. In addition to that, my typing in Korean is a lot faster, as I memorized where some of the keys are to be able to write. My reading has also gotten quicker. Instead of struggling slowly over words, I can now read a lot more fluidly without having awkward pauses in between. I can also understand what most of these words are, as I don’t have to devote as much brainpower as I once did in order to understand the meaning of the context of what I read.