Reflecting on my experiences this semester, I am very happy with the progress that I have made as a language learner. I enjoyed having the autonomy to create my own learning plan while learning at my own pace. At the same time, I think the most challenging part was following the weekly learning schedule that I planned out for myself at the beginning of the semester. I definitely made changes along the way but I think it was still a good way to organize my goals.
Some of my favorite learning activities included singing Korean karaoke, texting my language partner in Korean, and cooking Korean food with my language partner. All of these activities strengthened my listening, reading, speaking, and writing abilities, in a fun way. I also learned a lot about Korean business culture through my final cultural research project. It was insightful to learn about the differences between what I am accustomed to seeing here in the U.S. compared to Korean business settings. I also really enjoyed hearing the cultural presentations of other language learners in my SDLC class and, overall, it was really great to see the progress each of us made in our own target languages.
In class, I found our unit on grammar (morphology and syntax) to be very useful. Our discussions on derivational and inflectional affixes helped me learn how to break down Korean words to better understand their meaning. Moving forward, I plan to continue developing my Korean language abilities, with a stronger focus on speaking in case it becomes useful in the workforce. I also look forward to learning new vocabulary as I continue listening to Korean music and watching Korean content on YouTube and Netflix.
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