Post (a) an evaluation of your First Artifact conversation, and (b) an assessment of how well you met your learning goals for weeks 4 and 5. (Artifacts are evaluated for accent, cultural appropriateness, and linguistic accuracy.)
My first artifact is fairly simple, which is reflective of the basic level of Korean I am at right now. Despite its simplicity, it is also representative of how much I have learned since the onset of this course. To do this introduction I had to learn how to read and pronounce the Korean alphabet, basic vocabulary, basic grammar, and information about formal and informal speaking styles.
Because I am new to speaking Korean and don’t have extensive experience with the language, I’m sure that my pronunciation has a noticeable American or foreign accent. I can lessen my accent through more practice, especially through conversation with native speakers. As for cultural appropriateness, I based my recording off of the introduction that was taught to us in class from the Korean TA and from the materials she provided. Because the TA is a native Korean, I trust that the introduction I learned from her is culturally appropriate. I know that she taught us how to introduce ourselves in a very formal style to ensure that we were speaking with a supposed stranger at a proper and expected level of politeness. If considering my grammar and vocabulary, I think my linguistic accuracy was good, but my pronunciation could be improved upon.
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