It’s been a great couple first weeks. It’s crazy how fast three weeks will fly by. I think that my language partner and I have started off strong. This past week my language partner and I worked on reviewing the past semester material and starting out with practice worksheets that worked on writing the hangul characters. I think that with writing, I just need more practice but I think that it can be one of my strengths. We discussed more of my goals for the semester and what I wanted to do specifically.
Another thing that my language partner and I did together for our lesson was going to New Grand Mart for practice and learning more about South Korean culture. It always amazes me how much I learn about the culture just from learning about their food. Food is an integral part of each culture. I ordered Soft Tofu Stew which is Soondubu Jjigae (순두부찌개) in Korean and it was really good with rice. It was spicy which is something that is common in a lot of Korean dishes. Korean dishes are really spicy and usually contain a lot of onions.
The last thing that we did together was watch and discuss an episode of a currently popular Korean drama called Crash Landing On You which is currently on Netflix. Unfortunately I am still not able to watch Korean dramas without subtitles. At some point, I will be able to. I think that my Korean has improved because I am able to recognize more Korean words and phrases when I am listening sometimes. The drama is really good and something that I look forward to every weekend mostly because the lead actor and actress are so good together. I also think the plot is really interesting, it’s about a successful South Korean woman who accidentally lands in North Korea after a paragliding accident and needs to find her way back to South Korea. She meets the main actor and he helps her out the whole way. I think the most interesting part about this drama is seeing the differences in North and South Korea. They are so different as neighboring countries.
I have also started using this app called Duolingo, which I have used before for Spanish so I am familiar with how it works. The last time I used it, it was when the app first came out and the only languages on the app were French and Spanish. Now, I feel like Duolingo has really advanced their app. I think that Duolingo will be super helpful to learning and practicing especially since it’s an app on my phone that I use all the time. It also sends me notifications everyday if I miss a day of practice. I will improve a lot with this app.
For the next two weeks, I want to continue my Duolingo adventure and advance to new levels. I also want to start learning new vocabulary to add to my knowledge. I think that my language partner and I are off to a great start.
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