SDLC 105: Journal Entry #4

[Byambaa Khurelbaatar]

This week's journal entry is focused on reading in my target language. After I learned the alphabet, I had to learn how to put the consonants and vowels together. There has to be consonant with every vowel in each word. At first it was a bit confusing but with more practice I got started to get the hang of it. Reading in characters is much different from reading in cyrillic (which is what I am used to.) Although reading in Korean is challenging, it is still very fun to learn to read. I can now read my new vocabulary and this is really helpful because I can teach myself how to pronounce new words on my own. So far, I think I've learned over 120 words included with vocabulary, dialogues, and numbers. I did not set a limit to how many words I should be learning but I did set a goal for my reading skills. I am more focused on being able to speak the language rather than read but at the end of this semester, I would like to be able to read small blurbs, titles of places and any time I see Korean writing. I may not be able to know what these things mean but I will still be able to read it and ask someone what that word means.