To begin my self-directed learning, I have found couple of websites to teach me the basic elements of Korean. I know how to speak to Korean in a conversational setting but was never taught the fundamental elements of the language. As I said in my first cultural post,
my ultimate goal is to be able to write, speak, and read Korean fluently (like how I am with English). I dislike being stuck in my thoughts because of not knowing one word. It is frustrating when I cannot get my points across because of the pause in the conversational flow. My goal for this semester is to be able to have conversations without stuttering and be able to read/write in full sentences. In the summer, I am planning on going to Korea and will be spending a lot of time with my relatives because the last time I saw them was 12 years ago. I know that they will be asking me a lot of questions and I will definitely have many questions too. I want to be able to have conversations with them without feeling ashamed of not knowing certain words.
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