Bi-weekly Learning Journal #2

[Tanjila Islam]

Although I wasn't initially planning on learning how to write Korean, I realized that being able to read would really help me with understanding the grammar rules better. And because of the different sounds in Korean language, knowing the alphabets also helped me to understand how to use the emphasize different parts of different words. My learning partner and I went over the Korean alphabets, I practiced them on my own afterwards. Once I learned the alphabets, my learning partner showed me how the basic alphabets can be used to produce more sounds, and can actually be referred to as a separate character. For example, kk produces a completely different sound than just k. After practicing these, my learning partner made me do dictation exercises.