Biweekly Journal March 1
Last week Jenna and I practiced writing letters. During class, I wrote a letter to my parents in Korean. The sentences I wrote were very basic and simple sentences, but I focused on practicing my grammar, spacing, punctuation, and bachims from last week. I wrote around four to five sentences for my parents. Jenna looked over and checked to see my spelling and grammar. She told me how many mistakes I made in the letter and I looked for what mistakes I made without Jenna telling me. This was a great way for me to find my own mistakes and look for what I have done wrong. Although I might have been wrong with some of the mistakes, I thought I made, I was able to find a couple of the mistakes Jenna found. After looking over the mistakes with Jenna and correcting it, I attempted to rewrite the whole letter again using the correct spelling and grammar. For homework for this week, I decided to write another letter to my sister in Korean. I went over my letter with Jenna to see what mistakes I made for this letter. I found a couple of mistakes on my own, but Jenna pointed out a couple more that I looked over.
Over the last couple of weeks, I found that I have gotten better at grammar and spelling in Korean. Although the sentences are simple, I have been getting better at writing full sentences with correct spacing, grammar, and spelling. For example, my bachims have gotten increasingly better with less mistakes. I think the best practice for me is to rewrite my mistakes and recognize my mistakes. For the next few weeks, I hope to continue to improve my Korean writing skills and recognize my mistakes. I will also continue to read Korean articles on Naver and continue to listen to Korean music. Also, I think a great idea to get better at writing Korean is to watch some Korean drama shows and some YouTube videos. I’ve been watching a lot of sports highlights in Korean and it has been good to listen to some of the vocab words they say. Also, I have been watching Korean news broadcasts. These news broadcasts talk about the weather as well as current news.
For my next short-term goal, I hope to get faster at writing Korean and be able read Korean faster. I think I should start to read more articles in Korean and understand words through context. I’ll aim to read at least 2-3 articles for next week and write a summary for them. Jenna will be able to read over it and see if I have any mistakes. One of the most common mistakes I am having is the “eu” and “ee” spelling in some of the words. I feel like when I pronounce the words I want to write; I will be able to use the correct vowel of either “eu” or “ee”. This is the one grammatical mistake I will focus on for next week.
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