110 Learning Journal #7

[Jacob Park]

Looking back at my progress in Korean, I believe that I did improve a noticeable amount. When I was talking to my parents in Korean over the phone, she noticed an increase in the level of my Korean. I also believe that I increased my skills in writing Korean. I can now listen to what is being dictated to me and I can write it down with fairly good accuracy. I also have more knowledge in colloquialism that is used in Korea, thanks to my language partner. I believe the switch from learning formal Korean to learning about Korea along with its language through individual presentations helped in relating the Korean we use to real situations. Forcing me to do this presentations increased my skills in presentational speaking and my Korean accent. With a combination of learning formal Korean and its colloquialism, I believe that I will be able to increase my knowledge in Korean by a significant amount by the end of the semester.