Learning Journal 6: State your learning goals for this week and how you went about accomplishing these goals.
My learning goals for this week was to firm up my reading, writing, and interpretational skills of Hangeul, the Korean writing system. I started off by reviewing all the materials provided in class. These materials went over stroke order, pronunciation, and identification for all of the letters. After that I used apps like Duolingo to help with my reading and recognition skills. The apps also read the letters and words out loud which helped with listening. For writing, I wrote the letters individually several times at first, then worked on writing syllable blocks, and then strung those blocks together to write a few simple words. Listening presented more of a challenge. Although I feel like I’ve achieved my goal in terms of reading and writing, listening and interpreting are still difficult. The differences between some letters are difficult for me to distinguish at times. This is concerning, especially because these subtle differences can significantly alter the meaning of a word. I also want to be able to pronounce words properly, a desire which seems impossible if I haven’t mastered distinguishing the nuance between the sounds of similar letters.
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