I created a Voki for my first artifact. For the non-Korean learners/speakers out there, I said, “Hello. My name is Becky. Nice to meet you. Goodbye.” I think my pronunciation was decent, but I’m not always sure about what tone of voice to use. Sometimes accenting a certain place in a sentence for one language may be awkward in another language. I know that Korean doesn’t have any tones (thank goodness), but there are still subtle ways in speaking that make you sound more fluent and I’d like to build that kind of tonal intuition. I think watching a bit of Korean TV shows will help me out in that aspect. As for linguistic accuracy and cultural appropriateness, I’m pretty sure that what I said is a standard way of speaking to a stranger. My default is to speak formally. I’ll learn general informal speech in a later chapter in the KMS book.
I completed my tasks for Weeks 4 and 5. I've learned how to introduce myself and greet others. I also find that I'm getting more comfortable with Hangul (yay!) the more I practice it. My book only uses Hangul (no romanizations) which is a big plus. I think using Hangul for everything helps me learn the pronunciation more accurately, because I'm sure there are various romanized versions of the same words. Learning the sounds of Hangul keeps things constant and saves me from a headache. Those sounds changes though...I'm going to continue practicing those.
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