I hoped to learn more useful vocabulary, phrases, and grammar for basic conversation. I think I was able to complete these goals these past two weeks.
The last two Korean classes with Professor Kim, I learned about telling the date. The past two classes covered this topic. She printed out some pages from the Korean textbook and we went through some activities. We also read the dialogue which was good practice for my reading skills. I’m getting pretty good at recognizing the characters and their sound, but the hard part is putting everything together and reading quicker. I’m still reading pretty slow so that’s something I look forward to working on. The activities from the textbook taught us how to say the date. We also learned some useful vocabulary that relates to the topic, such as “birthday”, “Christmas”, “today”, “yesterday”, “tomorrow”, the months, and the days of the week. Professor Kim would ask us what today is or what yesterday was, and we would have to respond in Korean. She also asked us when our birthdays were and our friends and family’s birthdays too. I think we have done a good job covering all of the skills. We’re able to do activities that make us practice our reading, writing, and speaking. I can’t wait to continue learning about the date and other useful topics.
I’ve also met with Jannette these past two weeks. I have been practicing what I’ve learned in the Hagwon classes, as well as learning some different material. I practiced my speaking with Jannette, and we practiced having a conversation. One of the new things that she taught me was how to ask somebody about their interest. She taught me basic phrases that I had to write down. Beyond just learning these phrases, I was curious about the grammar behind the sentences. She was able to clear things up for me. The phrases I learned are very useful and will come up in most conversations. I learned things like “What do you like to do?”, “Where are you from?”, as well as how to respond to the questions. After reviewing the phrases, we had a practice conversation. We went through our greetings and introductions. Then we went into the phrases that I just learned. I asked her what she likes to do and where she is from, and she asked me what I like to do and where I’m from. Although it was a bit difficult to keep track of what she was saying and remembering how to say the phrases, I thought this activity was very beneficial. I definitely felt more confident after having the conversation and I liked how it replicated something that would happen in real life.
In order to practice what I’ve learned these past two weeks; I will continue to look over my notes and go over phrases that I’ve learned. I will try to use them whenever I can while interacting with my Korean friends. I also hope to have practice conversations with Jannette in our future meetings, since I thought that they were very helpful.
I think my strategies have been effective so far. I’ve been seeing progress in my Korean skills. My conversations are getting longer, and I am able to say more. When I listen to the other person speak, I’m able to actually understand most of what they are saying, which is a pretty good feeling.
In order to build on what I’ve learned so far, I hope to learn more useful phrases and vocabulary. I’ve learned pretty useful phrases so far and I think I have learned a lot. As always, as I learn more phrases and vocabulary, I hope to have longer conversations and talk about more topics.
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