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 don’t know exactly how many new words I’ve learned in Korean so far. If I had to guess, I would say that I’ve learned roughly 100 words. It’s especially difficult to quantify the number of words that I have learned considering that I have learned some words through a formal classroom setting and others informally (and I don’t know if I’ve learned those words properly). I also can’t account for terms that I may know because of Japanese, but have yet to discover the cognate. I’ve been using daily practice apps to build up my vocabulary of everyday words and phrases, and I have also been learning words pertaining to my own interests through class materials and the Korean TA. Thus far, the vocabulary that I’ve built up meets the demands of my current skill level in Korean. I think my goals for the beginning weeks was unrealistic, but now that I have a better grasp on reading and writing, I think that I’m catching up and will soon be on track or close to on track with my original set of goals.
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