- How many new words have you learned in your target language? How did you learn them? Do you have realistic goals for your acquisition of vocabulary?
I've learned a lot of new words in Korean. I mainly learned them while tutoring with Suyeon Unnie. Most of the time, we will role play or I will ask for a specific situation and she'll just give me words to say. By doing that, I learn new vocabulary. Another way I learn is through watching K-Pop videos and listening to songs with English subtitles. As well, watching K-Dramas is a great way that I learn new vocabulary. K-Dramas often repeat what they say, so I'm able to hear and repeat what they say. I think so far, I've realistically been gaining a good amount of vocabulary. Ideally, I want to learn more words, but it's extremely hard to do that and be strict with myself to learn so many words within a week. I'm thinking I will do maybe 15 new words a week, of which are outside the vocabulary that Suyeon Unnie teaches me. I think this will be more feasible than a long list of vocabulary words I want to learn and forcing myself to do it that way. I also want to do a better job at writing down the vocabulary, just to be more familiar with the writing. It'll also help memorization so that helps a lot.
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