Since we had discussed a lot of grammar till now, Suyeon and I decided to do something a little different. Both of us love Korean music and K-pop. As a result, we decided to look at the Korean lyrics of one of our favorites songs and practice reading and comprehension. This activity helped me in different ways. Firstly, it gave me a good practice in reading Korean. At this point I am really slow at reading. It takes me around one minute to read one standard length sentence. I am still struggling to remember the pronunciation of some of the double consonants and vowels. Moreover, I need help recognizing the silent letters and liaisons. Also, sometimes when I read a word, it might sound foreign to me even though I have heard it many times as I am not saying in the right accent. Reading also helped me with the spelling of words. While some words are spelled just as they are pronounced, most of the times I have difficulty determining the breakdown of syllables in words. Since Korean words are spelled in clusters of syllables, reading helped me realize that the syllables are not broken down according to the pronunciation of the words.
Going through the lyrics also helped me see how the different parts of grammar that I have learned so far are applied. However, I had to keep in mind that since it was a song, the sentence structures were not like that used in daily conversation. However, Suyeon explained to me the words I did not know and since it is a song I listen to frequently, it helped me learn new words as well.
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