Last week, Jenna and I continued on to the next part of the COM2 exam: the reading comprehension portion. Last semester, Jenna and I focused on reading and writing so I was sort of confident in my ability to read and write. We agreed that we should spend one to two sessions on reading comprehension and the rest of the semester to practice on the writing portion of the COM2 exam. For the reading comprehension portion, Jenna provided me an article about the band BTS. The paragraph she gave me was just a portion of the article, but she timed me 10 minutes to read the article and answer a couple of accompanying questions regarding the paragraph on the BTS band. There were a couple of words that I did not know but I was able to use context clues for most of them based on the knowledge of other words surrounding it. The questions were fairly simple and easy to understand. The thing that I struggled with most is rewording and paraphrasing the answer. Furthermore, I had trouble spelling some of the endings of the sentences in my answers. I asked Jenna about this and we both agreed to focus on writing in Korean next session.
This past week, Jenna and I met together on Friday via zoom. We agreed that I was prepared for the reading comprehension portion of the COM2 exam. Jenna also gave me another paragraph with a couple of questions for homework. I hope to get a pretty good result on the reading comprehension Jenna gives me next week when she grades it. Jenna and I agreed that if I do well on the homework reading comprehension in less than 10 minutes, we can start working on the writing section of the COM2 exam. I am excited that I am one step close to being ready for the COM2 exam. I think the goal I set for myself was perfect for my confidence and pride in Korean. I hope to be able to pass the exam with confidence and ease. Although I am a bit worried about the writing section for the COM2 exam, I am confident that Jenna will provide me with the right tools and abilities to pass the exam with flying colors. For my cultural presentation for the end of the semester, I am thinking about researching Korean healthcare and how it is different from healthcare in the United States. Next week, I hope to begin preparing and perfecting the writing section of the COM2 exam. Jenna and I met for a bit earlier this week to talk about what the writing section of the COM2 exam might look like. She gave me a list of around 10 prompts that might appear on the COM2 exam. Some of the prompts were something along the lines of, “what are your hobbies,” “write a letter to your parents talking about your college experience,” “talk about what you did in the previous summer,” and “what do you typically do during the day?” Jenna told me we will start practicing answer these prompts with full complete sentences in around 7 minutes. She told me I should aim to write around 5 sentences for each prompt. I am excited to begin practicing for the writing section of the COM2 exam next week.
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