My self-directed learning plan is organized from the bottom-up. This means that I tried to cover some basics of the language such as grammar and up to difficult comprehension material such as news. From my first session, I covered vocabulary used in informal settings from a reality show in Korean. There was no subtitles so it was hard to pick out the vocabulary but my language partner did very well picking out all the hard vocabulary. After the video, I went through the list of vocabulary and wrote the definitions of the list of words.
Through my learning plan I will learn proper language when talking formally and informally. I was first prompted to learn Korean again because of how much I couldn't say when talking with natives, in both formal and informal situations.
From the feedback I got from my classmates and my professor, I will have to try to find specific texts to supplement my learning. I am sure my language partner can recommend me a few from the Global Studio.
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This is a great strategy, Kevin. I especially like the idea of using a reality TV show from the target culture. This way, we an get grip on both informal language and nonverbal cues. I'll have to use this idea!