105 Learning Journal #8

[Ann Pongsakul]

I believe from my Korean from zero I have learned about 100+ words as there are vocabulary lists at the end of every chapter that go along with the lessons to be covered. At the beginning of the semester I used Mango languages more, but I prefer learning the vocabulary from Korean from zero or from talk to me in Korean because of the way they present the vocabulary. In Mango you just pick up the vocabulary as you learn how to say things and progress through the lesson, but I prefer having a set list at the end of the lesson to look over what vocabulary words I learned. In my learning goals I don't really have a set list of vocabulary words I want to learn, but more as much vocabulary as I can attain while to learning how to say things in different conversation topics. Although I may have to revise my learning goal once more. I didn't expect it to take so much time learning the basics of introducing myself and my family and learning how to construct certain sentences. sometimes I forget about what specific conversation topics I wanted to learn since I spend so much time just going chapter by chapter. But I don't feel like I could really skip around chapters because then I feel like I'm missing an important basic grammar topic that I need to actually learn for my learning goals. I think from here to the end of the semester I need to find the right activities and lessons that will help me focus more on my learning goal topics. The chapters I have gone through in Korean from zero have gotten me through dates/times, introductions, body parts, and directions.