In the last two weeks, Jenna and I did a lot of new things to help my Korean vocabulary. We again reviewed past week's vocab about what I like/liked and what I hate/hated. Furthermore, we learned about common and simple Korean words that are easily spelled, such as a car, dog, shoes, etc. I memorized a list of simple words and practiced spelling it. Furthermore, I have been looking up songs in Korean and watching Korean shows on youtube. This was what I hoped to accomplish the first week, to be able to recognize simple words in Korean. I also told Jenna I wanted to learn how to write a letter in Korean. She told me simple words that I would need to write a letter, such as hello, dear, thank you, sister, brother, mother, father. Jenna also talked to me about what kind of sounds I have trouble differentiating. The most problems I have had with specific sounds are eu vs I. These get confusing for me but I was able to practice learning which one was which. Furthermore, Jenna and I practiced writing full sentences in Korean. These were very simple sentences that I would be able to write. During my free time, I also used voice notebook to check my spelling when practicing writing Korean by myself. The most common problem that I had was that I would know how to say a certain word, but not be able to spell it. There are many special circumstances in Korean that spell words differently than they are said, similar to English. From these past two weeks, I hope to become better at spelling more difficult words and being able to differentiate between eu vs i more effectively. I want to continue listening to Korean music and be able to understand the song completely. As I continue learning Korean, I feel like I am becoming more enthusiastic about going to class with Jenna, because I am progressing very fast through Korean since I already knew the basics.
One thing that I need to practice on is thinking before I write a sentence in Korean. I always get ahead of myself and misspell words that I shouldn't be messing up in. I think I have to practice saying words in my head, then writing the words slowly and thinking through each word. Another thing I talked to Jenna about is practicing reading comprehension. I told her my goal was to pass the COMM2 Korean exam next year. The goal for me this semester is to be able to do reading comprehension at an advanced level where I can respond to questions in Korean and write it correctly. There are many things I hope to accomplish this semester and there are many things I have done so far that I am really proud of. I have been texting my parents in Korean as well so that has been really cool. I also received messages in Korean now and can fully read and understand most of the words they send me. I also see that my grandma and I are having deeper conversations that I probably could not have done in the past due to my low level of Korean. There are several words that I have learned that I have said to my grandma that I wouldn't have known before.
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