I hoped to continue to review the Korean I learned last semester, as well as get into some new material. I think I was able to complete these goals this past week.
This week I had my first class with Professor Kim this semester. It was good to get back into the schedule of studying Korean in a more formal setting. It was kind of hard at first, since I’m still trying to brush up on the Korean that I’ve learned so far. When I walked into the classroom, Professor Kim spoke to me in Korean, but for some reason I just couldn’t figure out what she was saying. It sounded familiar and I know I’ve heard it before, but it just wasn’t clicking for me. After, she was able to rejog my memory and I was able to remember. One activity that we did was watch a movie trailer. There is a very popular Korean movie called “Parasite”. We watched the trailer and Professor Kim pulled 20 vocabulary words from it. We went over each word and its meaning. She made us read each word in order to practice our reading skills. I think I’m definitely getting better at reading Korean. I can read a little faster, but I still have a lot of work to do. We also went over what we want to learn this semester and kind of plan for the future. I’m excited for the rest of the classes with Professor Kim.
This week I also met up with my language partner. I think that meeting up with Jannette will be especially helpful after my classes with Professor Kim. As I learn new material from Professor Kim, I will be able to practice speaking and actually applying what I learn in class. Not only will I be able to apply what I’ve learned in class in my meetings with Jannette, but I will also be able to learn new things from her as well. When I met with Jannette, we did some more reviewing. I reviewed the grammar points that I learned last semester, such as conjugating. We did some practice with conjugation. I also practiced my speaking. We went over basic phrases and how I would respond to them. I like that I am able to speak a good amount of Korean, beyond just the class with Professor Kim. Speaking is such an essential part of learning a language, so I think it will be very beneficial for me this semester.
In order to practice vocabulary and the grammar, I have been reviewing some stuff on my own and with my language partner. I think it’s been helpful, and hopefully will bring me back to where I was at the end of last semester. Vocabulary is really easy to forget, so I’ve spent some time reviewing and memorizing vocabulary again. I still have the worksheets from last semester, so I’ve been looking over those.
I think my strategies have been effective so far. Reviewing on my own is good because I can go at my own pace and try to draw back on my memories from last semester. But beyond just reviewing by myself, reviewing with my language partner has been effective too. It’s good to have someone help me and give me tips, on memorization and pronunciation.
In order to build on what I’ve learned about Korean so far; I hope to learn more vocabulary and learn new grammar points. I’m at a decent starting place, and I can’t wait to continue building on the foundation that I’ve developed last semester. I think I will see a lot of growth this upcoming semester.
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