2023 Language Learning #4

[Joseph Lee]

Wrapping this semester up, my partner and I discussed what we did and what I'd like to achieve in the future. Using my writings as a basis, we went over what I had improved on and what I needed more improvement on. With the final writings, I made sure to focus on quality over quantity, and chose political news as topics to ensure the formality/complexity of syntax. By writing on political news, I definitely found my writing ability improving, at least when I reverted back to simpler topics. I focused less on the writing amount and more on making less mistakes, and I think that definitely helped me improve. Although my partner and I still engaged in conversations for speaking proficiency practice, writing was definitely the main focus here. With conversations, I think we have reached a plateau, and if I wanted to really improve, it'd have to be in a very rigorous environment, as I think the spoken conversations between my language partner and I are pretty comprehensive and insightful as it is. Looking forward, I'd have to think of an aspect of my learning I'd improve on, but until then, I will continuously practice my writing ability.