Last weekend, I watched this Korean show called Physical 100. It is about 100 competitors competing to win the title of "best physique" in Korea. I noticed that there were a couple competitors who weren't Korean, but spoke the language fluently. I can notice that they have an accent, but can understand everything being spoken. However, this one competitor was reading a sign in Korean and he had some trouble reading it. I thought that this was pretty interesting because this shows that there are multiple aspects of being fluent in a language. I thought that this resonated with me because I also have an American accent when speaking Korean although I can speak the language almost fluently. However when it comes to reading and writing, I'm not as fluent as I speak. I'm able to speak for the most part without unnatural breaks, but when it comes to reading, I read fairly slow and sometimes pause because I'm going too fast. Writing is my weakest point as I sometimes misspell words and need to make sure I spelled the words right before sending a text.
To work on these weaknesses, I am practicing reading and writing a lot to not only be fluent, but also proficient because I would say I'm only proficient and fluent in speaking. I may be criticizing myself a bit harshly, but I just want to able to communicate competently in every aspect of Korean. There is a stereotype for Korean Americans born in the United States to not be able to speak Korean or speak it well, so I want to break that stereotype for myself. Currently, we are working on these weaknesses of mine and I have to say, I am improving little by little. I thought it was pretty interesting to see someone with similar weaknesses as me in Korean.
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