I have not been able to learn as much Korean as I intended to. I often find myself putting my language learning off and prioritizing studying for completing work for my science classes. One of my biggest challenges at the moment is finding time to sit down and diligently practice my Korean. I have been learning a lot of new words, however, I don't currently possess the grammar skills to piece them together and make coherent sentences. Despite learning a lot of new words, I have a lot of trouble memorizing new vocabulary. It's difficult for me to memorize Korean words because I'm unable to make any connection or find some pattern that would help me memorize the word. It's a lot different from learning new words in Spanish where I can sometimes find an English equivalent or latin root word that can help me memorize the word. Because of this, I need to invest a lot more time than I initially anticipated into memorizing new vocabulary.
Currently, my speaking skills have barely improved and I think it's my worse area. I get a little nervous when speaking Korean because of my American accent. I try my best to enunciate and say the word correctly and I hope with time my accent will become far less noticeable. My comprehension skills have improved slightly due to my increased vocabulary. I'm able to figure out the subjects for some basic sentences. I have recently started watching a Korean drama which I hope further helps me in comprehension of Korean. I have been slowly improving the speed at which I read in Korean. Whenever I see something written in Korean on Facebook or some other social media platform, I take the time to read it out and comprehend what the sentence means with the help of google translate. I've also gotten faster at typing in Korean on my phone. Most of my problem there was not being familiar with the placement and location of the alphabet. However, I still need visual cues to know where all the letters are and I'm currently unable to type in Korean from my laptop.
Overall, my Korean has improved a little, but not to the extent that I wish it did. Learning a language is very difficult, especially with a language that shares no connection to the languages I currently know. I only wish I had more free time to devote to learning Korean.
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