- the task(s) you are working on;
- a statement of what you hoped to accomplish;
- the strategies (activities and resources) you used to work on your task(s);
- an evaluation of the effectiveness of your strategies;
- how you will build on what you have learned about the language;
- how you will build on what you have learned about your strategies.
This week I completed task 9 of my language plan by studying lesson 8 of the Living Language textbook. This discussed words and phrases to be able to get around town in South Korea. Through this, I wanted to build off of terms I was already familiar with to increase my ability to travel in Korea. In my language learning sessions, we covered how to get around a campus, so several of the sentence structures were similar but with different vocabulary. From this, I also knew a lot of the common words such as 'where' and 'how'.
One strategy I use is to dissect a phrase, instead of memorizing it, to understand the structure and which word means what. For example if I learn how to say "How do I get to the library?" I make sure I understand which word means library so I can replace it with the word post office or subway station. This way, I can use that one phrase in multiple contexts. This is really helpful in understanding the language and separating the phrase from specific vocabulary words. If I just memorize the phonetics of the phrase, I won't be able to discern which part means what so I'll be able to say "The flower is pink" but not "The flower is blue". I will continue to pick apart the sentences I learn in this way so I can apply it to later words that I learn.
Comments
I really like your strategy of dissecting phrase instead of memorizing them. I try to do that when I can because I agree it helps when you're trying to form a new sentence. I think in my future studies I'll do this more often because I feel like it instantly increases your language abilities. It's good to know someone else uses this strategy!