Create a learning activity to teach someone else something you have learned in your language; outline this activity in your learning journal; teach someone using this activity; reflect upon the effectiveness of the activity
Learning Journal 8: State your learning goals for this week and how you went about accomplishing these goals
I decided to teach my friends how to say basic formal phrases in Korean. When we went to a Korean restaurant, they were very curious about how to say restaurant phrases such as “thank you” and “please” among many other phrases. They also attempted to learn the names of the Korean dishes on the menu. Due to our servers being older than us, I made sure to teach them the formal form rather than the informal. We went through the process of saying every syllable multiple times until they were able to repeat the phrases without my help. When we were paying, they attempted to say “thank you” without my help, and many of them succeeded. Though it was a simple activity, it was challenging for my friends because they never had any experience with the language before. Since I grew up hearing and speaking the language, pronouncing the words were not difficult. However, I came to realize that my friends were not able to say many of the sounds in Korean due to them not existing in the English language. I think that overall it was a successful lesson. Though small, they were exposed to the Korean language through trying the food while also attempting to pronounce many of the words. It was interesting to see them excited when they were able to pronounce the words without my help. Learning to connect with others, even though many of them only knew one word, seemed to be eye-opening and fun for them.
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