MLC 110 Reflection on Language Partner Meetings

[Sheetal Babu]

It was wonderful working with Brigid this semester to learn Korean. Although, this is a self-directed language learning course, having a language partner to meet up with was a great advantage for any language learner, I'm sure. Since I was a little bit more advanced than the average beginner in Korean, Brigid and I focused on learning the language (including vocab, spelling, sentence formation of certain phrases) based on topics we usually decided on together. I think the other Korean group kind of stuck to the textbook to learn, but I really enjoyed being able to choose what I wanted to study. Since I will be studying abroad in Korea in the fall, I think having the freedom to choose what I wanted to learn was beneficial. I wanted to mainly focus on things that would come in handy for me to use when in Korea. My goal was to learn kind of everyday things like ordering food at a restaurant, moods/expressions, weather, shopping/money exchange and basic vocabulary. Brigid did a really great job teaching me. She's very intelligent and we had fun working with each other, I think. Our meetings were casual and the chill atmosphere really let me be less nervous with practicing speech with her. She was always ready to answer my questions and cooperated with my learning pace.