Week 12
This week's learning task was to learn the weather. I first researched what the common seasonly weather is in Korea. It has four seasons involving a wet monsoon season around the middle of the year. The winters are very cold from November to March. Around September and November, the weather is the warm and sunny making it an attractive time to visit. The spring is also a beautiful time with blooming plants and trees.
I found a blog that I made into index cards to study some basic common weather vocabulary. http://learn-korean.livejournal.com/228350.html
I wasn't positive if I was pronouncing all the words correctly so I found a youtube video of weather expressions to aid in my language learning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K_hp_6ascM
Week 13
Since there was no assigned learning task this week, I decided to use this time as a review period. I went back through my old journals to find the resources I used for each language learning task. This was a helpful time to remember things from the beginning of the semester that I began to get a little blurry about. I also looked up additional resources through youtube so I could become more confident with my pronunciations. I've also taken this week to work on my fourth artifact that I will be posting soon. I am having trouble downloading my third artifact, but I am asking for help from a friend.
Week 14
I managed to post my 3rd artifact of writing that my mom sent me to try to read. I did not know the literal translation until she later told me it was the Korean version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." She said I pronounced it pretty well, but I have to work on the flow of words better. I think this will come with time and practice as I recognize characters and how they combine quicker. My 4th artifact is what I have been finalizing this week. I will be introducing myself, saying what I like to do, and what I'm going to do today.
I spent this week also reflecting on the past 14 weeks and the work I've put into learning Korean. I didn't realize how difficult it would be to practice the self-discipline of making myself learn Korean. The guidelines for language tasks were a big factor in helping me stay on track. I am still far from perfect in the language learning, but I have learned so much about the culture and ways of life in Korea. In some ways, I think this is almost more helpful then just memorizing words so that when I depart for Korea on May 8th, I will be prepared for the new customs and have less of a culture shock. I am also prepared to continue to teach myself Korean beyond this semester. I realized the amount of resources that are readily available for me to practice learning on my own. I hope that I can master the language in the next few years after college.
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