SDLC 105: Learning Journal #10

[Jinhoo Bong]

Coming from a Korean background, and coming into this class with a relatively well-versed knowledge of Korean, I can't say I struggled immensely. However, the process of learning the language in a formal setting and actually practicing weekly has helped me to build a stronger foundation, and has helped me fix some of the common mistakes that I had previously always made. Before this, I have not really had a formal class to learn Korean other than when I was in pre-school which I do not remember any of, so having the opportunity to learn in a formal setting has helped develop my knowledge of the language much better. Reading has become a bit smoother as I got more practice. And writing as well, as I sat down and wrote sentences and wrote in a formal setting. Before this, the extent of my knowledge was whatever interactions I had with my parents, which was mostly speaking. I had little experience with reading and writing although if forced to, I could have done it. So with just the opportunities provided through this, I have been able to definitely improve in my reading and writing of my native language. Although I do have to admit, I had much bigger goals in the beginning. Mastering the language has proved harder to do than I had previously imagined. But overall, I think I've improved in the use of the Korean language in more formal settings, which had been essentially a main goal of mine.