I took the COM2 exam two weeks ago and I passed! Jenna and I did not meet during Thanksgiving break because we had no classes anyway. This past week Jenna and I met on Friday to talk about what I want to do for the next semester. I talked about my short-term goals since I met my long-term goal of passing the COM2 exam. An idea that I had was to take the Korean efficiency exam to gain a certificate of bilingual language in Korean. I will definitely think about this before the next semester begins and decide whether I want to pursue this route next semester. Another idea I had was to focus on my writing and reading more by going over a short novel in Korean. I could read one chapter a week and every lesson I can talk about what I read and write a short summary of each chapter free hand to improve my writing.
Furthermore, Jenna and I talked about my cultural presentation topic. I had an idea in the past about researching Korean healthcare and how it differs from healthcare in the United States. I think this is a very interesting topic to research because of my background in chemistry and pre-med. I am excited to finish my cultural presentation and Jenna thought it was a great topic to explore. Other than that, Jenna and I did not spend too much time this week because it was the last class of the semester. We also plan on doing the recorded podcast in the next week before the semester ends. Overall, I am very pleased with the progress of my Korean this past semester. Jenna is a great teacher, and I am very excited to continue studying Korean next semester. I have seen huge improvements in my writing and reading, as well as my speaking and listening. I think the biggest improvement that I saw was in my Korean writing. At the beginning of the semester, I was barely able to write a paragraph in less than 10 minutes and I would usually make 20-30 mistakes in spelling, spacing, and grammar. As the semester progressed and I kept practicing writing in Korean with Jenna, I saw huge improvements in my spelling and grammar in Korean writing. I was making less than 10 mistakes, sometimes 5, in a whole paragraph response. I have learned many strategies and skills to more efficiently write and speak in Korean that Jenna has shown me in the past semester. I am a lot more confident in my Korean language abilities all thanks to Jenna. I hope to continue to improve next semester and can’t wait to see what I will learn.
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Hey Jiwon, great post! Also, congratulations on passing the COM2 exam. I am curious about the exam. Would you say that it was difficult? How did you prepare? Did the exam take a long time? I am glad to hear that you have been improving and finding success in your Korean learning journey.
Hurray Jiwon! I'm very excited that you passed COM2 and am impressed that you have improved so much in your writing. Going from 30 mistakes to only 5 is very impressive. Your cultural presentation on Korean healthcare sounds like a great idea given your background. I hope your next semester of learning goes well!