Journal #8

[Sarah Kwon]

So far, I have learned around 20 new words in Korean. I learned the words by watching a show or reading a book and writing down new words that I do not know. My Korean mentor would then explain what the word meant and I would keep a book just for new vocabulary words. In my everyday life I would try to incorporate the new words into my daily vocabulary in order to memorize it. Once I have it memorized and have it used in everyday conversations, I would be able to recognize it in any readings and really get comfortable with spelling out the word. Then I would use the word in writings. This method really helped me to memorize new vocabulary words ever since I was a kid and was trying to learn basic vocabulary from my parents. Watching shows and listening to Korean music really got me motivated to continuously use new vocabulary words in hopes of one day becoming conversational in Korean.