Trying to read and write in my target language was no easy task. Speaking my target language in basic day to day conversation is simpler because both my parents speak my target language and I am constantly immersed in Korean culture when I am home. However, trying to read and write was a bit challenging. When learning how to read, it was frustrating because I was not able to read as fast as I wanted to and was not able to comprehend a lot of the words, especially when reading news articles. The past summer, I tried to start reading Korean webtoons but was not able to continue because I did not like how I took so long to read one chapter. Thankfully, I can read faster than before but would like to eventually read as fast as how I read in English.
Writing in Korean was also tough because some letters sound the same but are spelled in different ways and some pronunciations are not the same as how it is written. Thus, it was hard to get the spellings correct and there were no rules pertaining to what consonants/vowels to use. However, I learned how to spell certain words and am able to write a little bit faster.
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