After researching the Korean language and its history, I think I will be able to learn the language with more understanding. It's important to know how a language developed over the years in order to fully comprehend why somethings sound the way they do. Korean changed over centuries starting with Proto-Korean than to Old Korean, Middle Korean, and now finally, Modern Korean. Konglish (Korean words from English words) was a very interesting subject to learn. It also allowed me to understand why Koreans have such trouble pronouncing some English words. Not all the characters and sounds in English are represented in the Hangul alphabet.
My next artifact will be a recording of me reading a letter from one of my family members. I would like to do this to represent my understanding of the pronunciation of the letters. I might not be able to understand all the words and phrases, but I hope that if I can read the writing, I will also be able to ask someone what the meaning is.
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