April 26 Biweekly journal:
This past week, Jenna and I met up for our second last time this year with one last lesson plan. I brought her the summary I wrote for a YouTube video I watched the week before that, and she helped me correct some of the mistakes that I made. The video was about the coronavirus and how it has been affecting the economy internationally. There were only 3 mistakes which is the lowest number I have had. After looking over my summary, she gave me one more article on the weather in South Korea. The article talked about some general weather information across South Korea such as the temperature for the week, any precipitation, and coronavirus information (number of people infected and the number of people dead). The questions asked were pretty simple to answer such as “what is the max temperature for the week” and “how many new virus cases have there been in the last week.” I was able to answer the questions correctly but with a couple of mistakes in each answer sentence. I have definitely been getting better at writing and reading faster because I finished the whole article and questions in around 15 minutes and it usually takes me 20-30 minutes. After doing the article and summary, Jenna told me to finish my cultural presentation for next week and be prepared for the podcast recording.
This week, Jenna and I looked over my cultural presentation on Korean food and she told me some things I could fix and any phrases that I misspelled on the presentation. Afterward, Jenna and I did the podcast interview on our semester. The interview was pretty easy, and it was helpful to acknowledge what I have learned and what I have left to learn for next semester. I definitely improved in many aspects of Korean writing and reading comprehension. I will continue to work on learning common Korean phrases in simple sentences, so I know how to spell them in the future. I think next semester I will continue to focus on Korean writing and reading. A cool thing I have observed over the past semester is that I have been able to communicate with my grandma and my mother in Korean text a lot better than last year. I am able to read and understand their texts in Korean much quicker and able to respond a lot effectively as well. This was one of my goals at the start of the semester and I am happy to say I have achieved it to a certain extent. Over the summer, I hope to continue to read Korean articles on Naver as well as watch some Korean shows and dramas with my parents and sister. It’ll definitely keep me engaged in Korean reading and writing for next semester, so I won’t forget anything over the course of the summer. I had a great time learning about Korean food for my cultural presentation and cannot wait to come back next semester to continue my Korean writing and reading improvement.
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