Learning Plan

[Devin Chen]

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I have organized my self-directed learning plan like how a beginning learner will do it. My language partner told us that the Korean alphabet is the easiest part to begin with because they form different sounds in the composition of words. Therefore, my learning plan will progress with familiarizing myself with all the vowels and consonants first, and then from there, I can learn how they make up words, to how they fit together (grammar rules), and then by writing down words and speaking them comfortably. So far, our language class have been learning how to pronounce the different syllables and we have located some videos and podcasts such as Mango and the textbook, Talk to me in Korean. These tools, along with language partner’s instruction, will allow me to learn the language quicker. In addition, our language session has set up a goal to discovering Korean culture, especially contemporary popular culture such as learning songs and watching movies, this will allow to me further grasp the current trends in Korea. My first interest in Korean began with watching a lot of Korean movies, because I really like watching movies that tells stories about humanity and public policy. What I found particularly interesting is that Korea actually changes their laws and public policy because of a movie’s controversy. For example, “Confession of Murder” prompted the murder statute of limitation to change from 15 to 25 years. I am really peculiar in how a movie can have national impact like this. Feedbacks from classmates have made me adjust my plan to be more speaking-oriented at the beginning stage and focus on reading/writing later on, because speaking is more critical to understanding.