About half of my learning goals were directed towards interpersonal communication, which meant that I needed to learn a lot of vocabulary words to have more flowing conversation with my family and friends. As a result, I have learned a lot of new words, maybe ~60 for just words to develop my communication skills. However, I also learned new words while reading and understanding articles, so I think I learned ~80-90, maybe even 100 new words in total. I learned these words by initially using vocabulary games/flashcards, but I also learned these words by practicing with my learning partner. My learning partner was very knowledgeable about the topics of interest and really helped me learn these new words. Even when we read the articles together, my language partner would help me make a vocabulary list for the unknown words because this would help me understand the articles better.
I am aware that I have learned a lot of new words, which will take a lot of practice and reviewing to continue remembering these words. As a result,I think I can better achieve this goal when I actually use them and apply them to real-world situations. For example, I am creating my final cultural presentation about education in Korea because I learned how to say a variety of different majors in Korean. It was beneficial that I could apply my knowledge when making this presentation because it helped me use these types of words and really evaluate my learning.
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