I have learned two languages, other than English, throughout my life including Korean and Spanish. Coming from a Korean family, I have always learned basic Korean vocabulary and phrases from my parents. It was not difficult to learn Korean as it happened naturally, being in an environment that encouraged Korean in the household. But since I only used the basic phrases, it was hard to increase my Korean skills, especially with writing, as I never got the chance to practice and broaden my proficiency.
Learning Spanish in high school was very difficult. The class offered a load of vocabulary and conjugations, split into categories. For instance, we would have a week of learning past tense in the setting of family. We would learn vocabularies such as mom, dad, family, and siblings and put them in short sentences. It was difficult because I would memorize them in my short-term memory and forget about them once the quizzes and tests were over. My favorite language learning activities offered in the class were watching storylines spoken in Spanish and summarizing what is happening in the videos. Watching, listening, and reading the subtitles increased my ability to actually learn real-life conversational skills.
After taking the surveys I have figured that I am a visual and spatial learner. Reading and looking at pictures helps me the most in learning something new. I think making flashcards, keeping my environment clean, and watching visual videos and imagery would help me learn the language. For Korean, imageries such as K-dramas or K-entertainments would help me advance my conversation skills as well as my reading skill with the available subtitles. For my writing, practicing by creating charts or graphics will help me organize my grammar and fluency skills.
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