Learning Journal #4

[Kristen Mejia]

This week I was working on learning common phrases. My goal was to learn at least 15 common phrases that I could use on a daily basis. This week's task slightly overlaps with my second language task, but I tried to be a little bit more elaborate this time around. I wrote my phrases on index cards and I ran through them a couple times per day and I practiced writing them down in my notebook as well. I used NAVER for many of my phrases, and I also found a few phrases on Omniglot.com that I thought would be useful. It felt really nice to be able to pronounce the phrases correctly and to be able to write them without constantly having to check myself for accuracy. I feel as though my strategy for learning these phrases was efficient, but I hope to find better ways as I go along this process. I think this week's task will help me to eventually become more comfortable with longer and more complex phrases/sentences. I also focused on week 5's task of learning pronouns. Instead of writing what I learned on flashcards, I decided to write in a notebook because some of the pronouns needed extra explanation of when to use them, and formal in informality information. I think I will begin writing more in notebooks instead of on flashcards. This way I will be able to highlight important information, and everything will be condensed in one place. This task was slightly more difficult for me because of differences in first person, second person, and possessives. I will get it eventually though! Overall, it was a good week.