Learning Korean: Weeks 3 & 4

Weeks 3 & 4 of learning Korean went very well! We continued to learn about the alphabet. In these weeks we learned the entire alphabet, all of the vowels and the double consonants. Because there are a lot of vowels and consonants in the Hangul, the teacher in me decided to make flash cards to help me study. I must say these help me learn the alphabet along with the pronunciation of each letter sound. As my teacher always says, "Writing is important", I practiced my writing too. I have to practice more of my writing however. I have it down pretty good, but I feel it's not good enough sometimes, and I make some mistakes. Practice makes perfect, so I will continue to work hard on my writing. Sometimes the pronunciation can be a little tricky too, but if I practice that, I am confident I will improve.

Speaking of flash cards, we made flash cards on these weeks of vocabulary words. On one side was the picture and the other side was the Hangul. The cards were two characters long for example butterfly in Korean is "na bi." so on one side of my card was the picture of the butterfly and on the other side was the character for "na" and "bi" It's difficult to explain here, but I think I have pictures of my writing on my Instagram (pmsblackqueen), Twitter (PMS Black Queen) and Facebook (deshondat). I found it really satisfying when I began to put the letters I learned together and began to read, write and understand Korean a little bit! I felt kid of smart because I learned something new. 

On week 3 and 4 we also continued to learn about Korean Culture through Korean Art. We practiced drawing bamboo. As I mentioned before at the end of the semester we will be making a very nice plate or mug with our Korean art on it. Also the elders came to help us and show us how to do the art work properly. I really enjoy the elders who were helping us. I wrote my name on my paper in Korean and they read my name and said it was pretty. I just had a big smile on my face because I actually wrote my name and they understood it and they liked it. I have pictures on my Instagram of my art drawings. So far we were just practicing the strokes with the brush and ink. The brush and ink that are used is really cool too. You have to mix the ink with water and the more you mix it the darker the ink will become.  I need to practice my Korean Art more in the coming weeks. I really want to make something really pretty and show everyone what I have learned and accomplished. 

These weeks were fun for me at Korean School. I really enjoy my classmates and my teacher is very nice, patient, and kind with us. We learn a lot from her every week and she is a very good teacher. I always look forward to coming to class ready to learn. I just need to continue to study hard on my flashcards, and practice my writing and pronunciation.