Following up on my previous language learning journal, the main focus my meetings with my language partner have been on my writing. We've selected a few topics/articles to be the focus of several papers, and I came across an issue off the start - writing on a computer vs writing on paper. The idea is to be coherent with my writing skills, but both physical and digital mediums are important to practice on. We decided on paper, as it forces you to rely solely on memory, perhaps later I will focus on typing. So far, all my writing practices have been on paper, which also has forced my Korean handwriting to improve(?).
As to the actual quality/effectiveness of the writing itself, it has definitely helped a lot. There are obviously a lot of room for improvement, but some of the more common words/conjugations that I had issues with spelling before are now a given, and most of the struggles I face are the introduction of new vocabulary. Another issue I'm still working on is the grammatical structure in the written aspect - while some parts are intuitive, I find that written Korean is a lot more different that spoken Korean - this is something I'm going to dive into more throughout the semester.
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