Reflect on your experiences of (trying to) read and write in your target language.
One of my main learning goals for this semester was to work on my reading and writing skills. After I moved to the U.S. and attended school here, I never had to write in Korean. Because I wasn't used to writing in Korean, I had difficulty with spelling and grammar. In order to improve my writing skills, I only used Hangul to text my parents back home. I normally use Konglish (mixture of Korean and English) in my messages, but this semester, I strictly limited myself to using only Korean. Although some of the words I typed in Korean were autocorrected on my phone, typing in Korean more often really helped me with spelling for I was able to learn from my mistakes. To improve my grammar in Korean, I have been reading lessons and practicing with the audio section on Learn Korean 101 site to become more familiarized with sentence structures. Although it would have been helpful to have a language partner to correct and practice with me, YouTube videos were extremely helpful. I also worked on my reading skills by reading everything out loud. These exercises have definitely improved my reading and writing skills, but I will have to continue practicing so I don't forget and can become more fluent.
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