kangmi: learning korean

Language study update

I mentioned yesterday that I have been able to implement parts of my language study program, but not others. Here’s what’s working so far:

- I’ve been able to complete my daily Supermemo repetitions.
- I’m keeping up with the 서강대학교 course, but not as well as I would like. However, the near future looks good for more intense study.
- I’m meeting my goal of learning one new 한자 a day.

Here’s what I’m not yet doing:

- Except for 한자, I haven’t been creating any new Supermemo elements.
- I gave up reading newspaper articles when I started collecting a stack of them.
- I haven’t been writing in Korean here.

I continue to meet with 인선 once a week, and I’ve started to notice a welcome increase in my speaking ability. Which is remarkable, since I actually speak Korean once a week.

I’m starting to build up a comfortable cushion of 한자, so I am turning my attention to building up the same comfortable cushion of other Supermemo elements. “Comfortable” is about two weeks’ worth. Once I hit that, I’ll return to reading newspaper articles, which will feed future Supermemo elements, as well as the Repertoire section on this site. And once I’m in that groove, I’ll start work on writing in Korean.

My methods may seem particularly detailed and sytematic, but I’ve learned that I had to have some way to break my studying down into focused, manageable elements. Everything beckons, but not everything is possible.

Posted by kangmi on February 1, 2005 at 2:03 AM0 comments