The first step in my learning plan is learning vocab words. In order to understand a language you need the basic building block of vocabulary, and I lack a lot of vocabulary in my speech. Then, I will test my vocabulary and write a sentence or two describing my day. After this, I will test my language skills by watching a Korean kid's video and seeing if I can understand it. Then I will read a Korean kid's story and do the same. After, if my skill is proficient enough I will also start an audio journal and transcribe what I say and see if I can recognize and correct my mistakes. This will make the learning process a lot more personal and enjoyable. Enjoyment is key to learning that is why I will not approach learning Korean like any other academic class. After, I will expose myself to more Korean media such as reading a Korean news article, listening to Korean music, translating it all, and watching a Korean show without subtitles. Finally, to see how fluent I've become I will record a short conversation between and native speaker and me and transcribe our conversation. I will see if I can recognize and correct my mistakes and also compare how the native speaker and I speak and try to see what I can do to sound more fluent.
I chose music and tv shows because those are forms of media I consume daily so including them in my daily life would be hopefully less stressful for me as I wouldn't have to add something new that I possibly might not enjoy as much into my life. Also, I picked journaling because first I already journal normally and second journaling allows a lot of self-learning to happen because I am doing all the work myself and I also use the words I would use most frequently because I am speaking. The practice is coming from myself not a textbook that might have words in it that I possibly would never use.
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