As of now, I’m learning about the different types of learning styles and what kind of learner I am. This will help me have a greater chance of succeeding in my language learning journey. During this research, I discovered that I am a visual and auditory learner with music being one of the best ways I learn and retain information.
There are so many things I wish to accomplish when learning Korean. But as a start, I hope to be able to read Hangul and be able to pronounce Korean words more efficiently as my first small goal. In addition to the Korean alphabet (Hangul) I also want to learn the Korean number system and learn everyday greetings and phrases in order to have a simple conversation in Korean. I hope I can slowly build from that point into a more intermediate conversation within a year. Some strategies I could use is learning vocabulary from Korean music and learning how to analyze Korean songs. I would do this in order to improve my listening skills, in combination with watching Korean Dramas and selecting words that I do not know or recognize. Then I can look-up that word in order to find its meaning. Some resources I will use are books from the library, resources in the Carole Weinstein International Center, and resources posted on Ning, and my language partner. I will build on what I have learned by firstly making a list to visually see how much Korean I know and work with my language partner to figure out the best way to go from there (as I am knowledgeable with some phrases, some hangul characters, limited vocabulary, and the Sino-Korean number system).
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That is a great goal you have there. I hope you the best to achieve your goals this semester. Watching Korean Dramas help a lot and that was one way I learned a lot of my Korean. I think the best way to learn a language is to engage with it as much as possible.