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Hi! I'm Julia. Native English speaker from USA. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & English. I enjoy encouraging people to improve their English. I'm a novice language learner in Korean. My blog http://jreidy17.wordpress.com/
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Korean
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EnglishNative
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| Attendance rate | 100% | 100% | 96% |
Teacher reviews
Woojae Jun
Korean
Nov 30, 2014
To be honest, I'm really glad recently with her pronunciation because although it's hard to make the right sounds, she tries really hard. And moreover we're making some progress with pronunciation. 화이팅!
Woojae Jun
Korean
Oct 24, 2014
We finished the Giving Tree folk tale. Also it was a good experience for me to read slowly together and later recording an audio. I think only if we fix the pronunciation, we can proceed further into talking level
Woojae Jun
Korean
Oct 16, 2014
Today, we focused on pronunciation and reviewing final sounds. You're a good student, it is also my job to help you through hard times when studying Korean. However, as you wrote on your feedback you need to slow down, don't frustrate and trust yourself more.
화이팅! 쥴리아!
Activities
- What counts as studying? I've been thinking about what of the time I spend counts as "studying". I think I will be tough on myself and only count those hours that specifically learn a new language item (vocabulary, grammar, sentence writing) or are directly practicing those skills (recording myself speaking, videos in my second language, all Korean conversations). I also count the hour I spend with my tutor and the hour I spend in class. I don't count the hour I spend after my tutor session writing up the notes of what we just learned. It is part of what I need to do, but not really "studying". I don't count reading polyglot articles about learning a language. I don't count all the random chats I have that are half English, half Korean, with people who have become my friends. I don't count all my blog posts or the time I waste drawing in MS Paint to make flashcards. I don't count writing post cards to friends in Korea. I don't count time I spend reading books about Korean, unless it is directly tied to my current Korean Digital Academy coursework or my tutoring session. There is a ton to learn about Korean and the Korean language and linguistics and grammar ... I can lose myself for hours researching something that has nothing to do with what I am studying right now. And I don't count posting like this one :) Ah, the wrestling between what I "should" be doing and what I want to play with while learning a language. I should be studying just what is in front of me, this week's vocabulary, this week's grammar, and master those. Well, off to studying again!
January 8, 201500 - ㄹ sound in Korean Is there anyone who has suggestions on how I can learn to make this ㄹ sound? The ㄹ sound evades me. I worked with my tutor for an hour today on it. It became clear that I don't really understand what the difference is between the description of "roll the tongue" and "flick the tongue". It is all deeply puzzling to me, because I make an r sound with the back of my mouth and no use of the tongue at all. So learning this new sound that uses the tongue touching the roof of the mouth on the ridge and air and some mysterious movement leaves my jaw aching and me frustrated. I take a little comfort in the fact that other Americans apparently also have trouble making this r/l ㄹ sound. However, I can't seem to nail down in my mind what series of strange movements will let me reproduce the sound reliably. I heard there was a study done in Japan to teach them the difference between r and l that gave feedback every time on whether they picked the sound right. I need the Korean equivalent of that to teach me when I am making the ㄹ sound correctly. My tutor told me that if I can hear two sounds are different, then eventually I will be able to make that different sound. I hope so.
December 4, 201420
