105 Reflection on this weeks learning #1

[Rosemary Diaz]

During my previous experience as a language learner, I really enjoyed activities outside the textbooks that will help me learn the language better. I remember when I was learning Spanish, I would learn the grammar by playing specific games, and doing hands on activities. Once I became more proficient in Spanish, I continued learning by watching TV shows and movies. What I disliked as a language learner was only learning with a textbook. I think that learning by using only a textbook limit me from other helpful resources. I am more of a visual learner than anything else; therefore, being able to see pictures and videos of words or phrases spelled out helps me. Also, getting to watch and listen to videos of people explaining the words and acting out the phrase or word also helps me learn better. Underlining, using different colors, and using symbols, charts and arrangements on a page helps me in class. When studying, I can expand my learning activities by reconstructing images in different ways, redrawing pages from memory, and replacing words with symbols and initials will be helpful. I can also expand my learning activities by going to places such as restaurants that serve Korean food, and trying to see if I could read the menu in Korean or even speak to the server in Korean if he/she speaks the language. Besides practicing with my Korean tutor every week, I will practice speaking with my Korean friends who talk to each other in Korean all the time. I think my friends would be a very helpful tool because I will have motivation to learn more in order to understand what they are talking about among themselves, in other words I will feel more included in their group and culture if I practice speaking Korean with them.