Since we are not returning to campus, my language partner and I have decided to have lessons through Facetime. This past week we decided to discuss what the rest of our plan for the rest of the semester is moving forward. The plan is to utilize the most of online resources because it’s not really something we have done so far. A couple websites we were looking at using were talktomeinkorean.com and howtostudykorean.com. This is on top of a facetime session each week which will practice my speaking. Both of them are popular websites that people use to learn Korean. I have been continuing with the usage of Duolingo which has been really helpful. The online resources are more ways to strengthen my reading skills. Other than that, I always use watching kdramas as a way to strengthen my listening skills.
So for the past two weeks I have been using these online resources to strengthen my reading and I think they are actually really helpful. How to Study Korean is really helpful where it divides everything into different units so starting at unit 0 is the Korean alphabet. Unit 1 is basic Korean grammar and the level advances every unit. With the units, there are also workbooks, practice worksheets, and vocabulary lists to help. It was really helpful for me to learn more about Korean grammar because I think that is an area that I have not really learned much about. Overall, the website really impressed me. The other website Talk to Me in Korean is more of what I focused on last semester. Each lesson has conversation vocabulary with audio, an explanation, and a quiz. I think this website will be helpful for me with reviewing and learning new vocabulary. This website seems to be more popular because they have a free set and a premium set where you have access to more resources if you pay a certain amount of money.
A new Korean drama that I am watching currently is Hi, Bye Mama! It’s a really heartwarming and sad drama. It is completely unrealistic but the concept is really interesting. The main character is a girl who died in a car accident and before she died, she was pregnant with a baby girl. During the accident, she made sure to protect her baby so that it was safely born. For five years, she has followed around her daughter and husband as a ghost not knowing that her daughter actually can see her. During this time, her husband remarried as well. When she finds out that her daughter can see ghosts, she curses out the deity or God above and ends up alive on Earth not a human but not a ghost. Her journey through saying her last goodbyes and making the last memories with her loved ones is sad to see especially when her daughter doesn’t recognize her as her own mother. From this drama, I learned about Korean shamans who can see ghosts or are connected with their spiritual side. Overall, I can finish off my semester strong with the plentiful resources that I have.
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