SDLC 110: Learning Journal #7

[David Kim]

My progress so far is a bit better than I expected. I was initially very afraid because of the sheer foreignness of the language for me. Urdu is unlike any other language that I've used or tried learning in the past. With the help of Hadee, I've progressed a lot in the past few weeks. Quiet honestly, I didn't expect to be able to say phrases as basic as introductions, greeting, my hobby, and my education and such but I've gotten to a point where I can do all those things. I can introduce myself to someone in Urdu and provide essential information about who I am as a person. I find that very satisfying and surprising. Meeting up multiple times weekly with Hadee to have quick conversation about Urdu and Pakistan and learn a few vocabulary words and phrases have taken me pretty far. Using online resources to look up words and phrases have helped me out a lot as well. 

As far as changes go, I think I will try to expand my horizons and instead of learning phrases from the internet, actually try to implement them by attempting to talk to my Pakistani friends in Urdu. Other than that, I feel like what I have been doing is effective and have taken me pretty far along the journey.