Reflect on your learning experiences this semester.
(a) What insights have you gained about yourself as a language learner and cultural explorer? What did you find difficult? What have you enjoyed? How will you continue your learning?
(b) Which readings and learning activities did you find most useful? What would you like to learn more about?
As a language learner, I found it will be very hard to improve the communicative competence without practicing with a local friend in target language. Luckily, we have a Korean teacher to practice with this semester, so I have made a little progress so far. And as always, I really enjoy exploring Korean culture all the time. Not only by watching their dramas, but also by listening to their songs, watching their TV broadcast, and also the most important thing-making local friends. By these learning process, I understand their culture deeper than before. What’s more, through the SDL105 class, I also learned a lot cultural aspects by watching the cultural presentations. I think this is really a good idea to present one’s target culture to other people. From these presentations, I not only have learned more about Korean culture during the preparation, but also learned other country’s cultures as well, which I think is really good and I really enjoy at the same time. I will continue my learning by going to cram school in Taiwan after I go back home. Since I will graduate this semester, I won’t have chance to take the Korean class at my college, thus my only way to learn from a teacher is by going to private cram school. Besides this method, I will also continue learning by continuously watching Korean dramas online, so I can practice my listening. Another method I will use is to practice with my Korean friends, although they will all go back to Korea since they will graduate with me at the same time, I still can practice with them by getting in touch with them.
The most useful learning activities so far is really by watching Korean dramas. It is because there are so many Korean dramas I can find online that I can practice by watching them everyday. Also, by watching Korean dramas I can learn more about Korean cultures as well, which will be very helpful for me to know more about the culture I am learning. And the most useful reading activities is by reading the lyrics. It is because that by reading the lyrics and listening to the songs at the same time, I can learn the lyrics and also feel the emotions behind the lyrics. Also, it will be more efficient for me to learn because knowing the lyrics definitely won’t bored me at all, so I can keep practicing by this method without getting tired and give up in the middle. What I would like to learn more is to speak Korean more frequently. As I mentioned before, it is quite difficult for me without being in a good learning environment, buy I will do my best to achieve my personal goal in the near future.
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