Over these last couple of weeks, Seonghye has been working with me individually focusing on verbs and tenses. I asked her to teach me the past and future tenses since I have previously studies only present, and I have wanted to be able to state what I did over the summer or what I will do this weekend for example. She gave me a sheet that described the conjugating process of verbs that end with different stems and a list of exceptions. We practiced various examples together and I was given homework to practice more on my own. In addition to writing, we practiced speaking with these tenses. She would ask me a question such as, "What did you do yesterday?" or "What will you do tonight?" and we would reverse the roles as well.
I believe these strategies were effective in that when learning the material, it seemed easy to follow with fairly straight-forward rules. However, I did find myself forgetting them rather quickly after lessons when practicing on my own. I have learned from this that I must not only study the conjugations but test myself so that I will be able to recall each tense during conversation without relying on my worksheets. I hope that mastering this material will make it easier for me to understand dialog in K-Dramas, Kpop songs, and ease the flow of conversation.
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