Learning Journal Post #3

[Jessica Elphick]

This week I started to learn greetings and initial conversations when meeting people. My personal goal was to be able to call my grandma at the end of the week and speak as much as I know. This gave me the incentive to learn greetings and practice them out loud enough that it would be understandable for my grandma. During the language partner sessions, I was able to practice with other students which was a nice alternative to practicing alone. I am also continuing to practice writing which we did all during my language partner session tonight. I think the Korean written language is really interesting and I like practicing it. The combinations of letters and vowels makes more sense to me now and is helping me learn the vocabulary more easily. I have been learning phrases at one time instead of individual words. My language partner broke down some of the words for me and their translations in English which helped a lot. I'm going to continue reading, writing, and speaking out loud to build on what I have learned. I already noticed that I am getting more out of my new learning techniques than I learned previously with index cards. It really helps to speak out loud so that it becomes ingrained in my brain faster than just looking at the words. My next goal is going to be to write a letter to my grandma.