Seonghye has now moved me to the intermediate group with three other girls so that I can practice conversation and a more group oriented classroom experience. We've met in the library a couple of times, but Seongye has rented a room in Jepson for us to use for our future classes. In these past couple of weeks, we have been learning how to order at a cafe and some grammar points that correspond to that. More generally, I've been wanting to learn how to navigate through a day in Korea and this is one of the steps. First we went over terms and then practiced using them in sentences. We would pair up and enact a scenario in which one person would be the cashier and the other would be ordering food. This was effective in establishing the flow of a real-life conversation and allowed us to apply what we are learning.
Seonghye has us using a Korean app on our phones that has lists of all of our vocabulary. On the app, there are little games you can play to help you learn the words. It even gives you a score at the end that you can compare with other classmates. This is really helpful because its a way to study that feels like a break, and its very convenient to do for a few minutes here and there during the day. When we come back to class the following week, we will have a little competition game to see who has mastered the vocabulary. Its a fun activity that gives incentive to study.
I hope that we will continue to use these strategies as they are very helpful and a fun way to learn. I enjoy being in the group instead of one on one because its small enough where I can still ask all my questions, but its better to practice with each other.
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