Learning Journal #14 (110)

[Jeffrey Choi]

I came into this class with the prospect of learning more Korean to be able to communicate with my family. I went to Korean school when I was younger in elementary school to junior high, but almost all of the accumulated knowledge has disappeared because I was not practicing my Korean. With this class I was able to relearn many of the things that I have forgotten and learn much more. Since I went to Korean school in the past, I assumed I could easily relearn everything and continue to add more without too much difficult. However, I realized throughout the classes and interactions with my language partner and classmates that my Korean skills were a lot worse than I thought. I still struggle with many common Korean vocabulary words. I remember that I used to be pretty good at spelling words that I didn't know back in the day when I was in Korean school, but since my practice of Korean has been so little, the common sense knowledge to spell is gone. I found that I had trouble spelling many simple words that I used to be able to do with ease. My progress has been good, but it could be better and I hope to continue my studies of Korean on my own. I want to study abroad in Korea and I don't want to look foolish amongst my fellow people because I'm not proficient in Korean.