SDLC 105: Learning Plan

[Justina Morris]

Now that I’ve had more meetings with my language partner, I learned through each of the meetings the importance of taking the language learning process slow, and not to rush it. As I would end up missing some valuable information that could help me be better off in the future with learning Korean, making the process a little bit easier and clearer. For the language plan, I have already started off with the basics (learning Hangul-Korean Alphabet). The reason is to ensure that I am able to spell words out in Korean and pronounce them correctly. And after I’ve passed that portion, I will begin learning vocabulary in my desired categories which are: Buying items/Shopping, Food/Restaurant/Grocery, Honorifics, School, Activities, Time/Date. For each category, after I’ve built my vocabulary (and feel comfortable with it), I will learn how to form basic sentences (using the vocabulary from each unit) to begin the conversating process with my partner. One day of the week I will be quizzed on my vocabulary and another day of the week I will watch a short video or listen to songs in Korean and through that I will get more familiar with the language. I have identified some textbooks that will be very helpful for my task-based objectives. Most of them are textbooks from global studios which are the Talk to Me in Korean Workbook (Level 1) and the Oxford Picture Dictionary Second Edition (English/Korean). What prompted my interest in learning Korean was Korean entertainment and that what followed was my interest in Korean music, the culture and the history that’s so different from the U.S. In the future I would love to be able to travel and spend some time in South Korea exploring historical sites, nature, shops and making new friends. Feedback that I received from Elspeth was that making friends was a good motivation that I have for wanting to learn Korean.