Scholarship / Impacted by corona-virus crisis. GKS scholarship personal statement for graduate program [3]

Gks scholarship personal statement for graduate program

Hello ,
This is my personal statement for gks scholarship program. It will be so much help for me if anyone can provide there views on my statement.

These points are given as a reference to write this essay.
- Motivations with which you apply for this program
- Educational background
- Significant experiences you have had; persons or events that have had a significant influence on you
- Extracurricular activities such as club activities, community service activities or work experiences
- If applicable, describe awards you have received, publications you have made, or skills you have acquired, etc.

In the past 3 years corona has impacted me physically, mentally and financially. But thanks to corona I have met the Korean language. It stays with me during my hardest time and now I want to dedicate my self in learning more unknown and beautiful aspects of Korean language, culture people, traditions ,etc.

I came from a low middle class family where my father is the only earning member of our family of four. Having hardworking parents always motivated and inspired me to work hard in life.From getting 9.6/10(CGPA) in class 10, 89.6/100 % in 12 to getting into one of the good University of India (Delhi University) I have always tried to give my best not only academically but also in co-curriculum activities . Dur to corona I couldn't able to participate much in college but I had actively participated and won several awards in co curriculum activities during my school Time. Ihave participated in many intra school singing competition which has taught me how to work in a team to achieve a shared goal. To increase my knowledge I have also given some Olympiads.I have always placed a very strong emphasis on sports both competitively and as a way to unwind. I hay taken part in kho- kho , tug of war but as an athelete my overall love is running. Being a student of physical science , I was also the part of discipline committee in my school and volunteered in many schools events which has taught me the self discipline that is necessary in one's lifestyle.

Since I always have interest in learning foreign language which has unique writing and pronunciation style. I started learning Korean language during lockdown in April 2020 to best utilise my free time. And I choose Korean language because upon researching online o found that for a self learner Korean would be easier to learn compared to other unique languages since it has easy writing system and pronunciation.I started learning with hangeul and some basic phrases from YouTube channel and then switched to the grammar. I have also taken the certificate course of Korean University provided by Coursera.

Being a science student helped me a lot in learning Korean language . As it taught me the importance of applying the theoretical knowledge into practicals. That's why I started doing the volunteering works as a translator to put all the knowledge that I have into practice.

I volunteer for twb community where I translate texts and related things into Korean . I also work for the Ted talks where I subtitle the videos in Korean . Until now I have translated more than 5 videos out of which 3 videos after getting reviewed made available in Ted YouTube channel.

As a person who believe sharing is caring I also opened the my insta channel ID where I post about the stuff related to Korean language. I also work as online k supporter and aware about Korea to the people through my insta channel. During lockdown in 2021 I worked as home tutor where I teached the students of class (1-6) English and maths . Working as a teacher made me realised that ' Teaching is the best way to help and serve to the society through our knowledge and this has also encourage me to be a teacher in my future career.

During lockdown when our classes got suspended, college got closed,our exam also got cancelled. I started loosing my interest from science , since I think science is all about practical but because of corona I didn't even get chance to enter the lab , also didn't get any opportunities to work on any type of projects or thesis. These situations worried me a lot. There were times when I totally lose my hope about my future. Those times were tough and depressing but learning Korean was like a ray of hope for me . It not only deviated me from my worries and stress but also gave me a hope that I can continue Learning in future and gave me an aim in my life.

Lastly I would like to conclude by saying that although I came from a different education background but I have dedicated my almost 3 years in learning Korean which feels not less like a graduation for me . I may not have a degree but my passion , dedication and strong motivation towards Korean language is not less than any Korean language major undergraduate student. I have worked hard to beome eligible for this precious scholarship because I believe that this scholarship is going to help me a lot in achieving my goals . Since in India I need to search for the opportunity to learn about Korean language and culture. But through gks I will be blessed to be in Korea . From not being a single Korean around me to being surrounded by native Koreans will not only inspire me but I will also be able to learn and discover the more interesting facts about Korean language and culture. I strongly believe that through gks I will be able to receive the high quality education, Better guidance, and this also help me to improve my abilities , trained and equipped me with broader perspective academically.

Scholarship / Master's degree in Korean language and literature - Goal of study and study plan [2]

I am planning to apply for a scholarship in 2023 and this is my draft for study plan .
Please feel free to point out even a small mistakes , suggestions are most welcome.
Hoping for your best advice and guidance.
** ( I am changing my major) .

Goal of study and study plan

My main educational objective is to attain master's degree in Korean language and literature and to have an in-depth knowledge about Korean culture.
While learning through various resources, materials available online and offline, courses, volunteering and internship work experience, I have learned a lot about the language and culture.But the most interesting thing that I get to know was the 'chinese influence on Korean peninsula ' To understand and learn more about this topic, I researched about it on Wikipedia, various different sites , read several articles, on Quora and gained a lot of information, learned lots of facts , theories behind the Korean language, culture, people etc. While researching especially about the language,I found that during the period of three kingdoms around 600 C.E the old Korean was started and lasted till mid 15th century. People living on the Korean peninsula started using Chinese characters to express Korean language because there was no proper form of writing used at that time. Furthermore I found that before Hangul there was other writing systems that people were using which was borrowed Chinese characters to express Korean. Through this the conclusion I have made that although the Koreans have adopted the Chinese characters but they used hanja just as phonetic and semantics symbols designed to convey sound and meaning of Korean. On further researching I learned that even though they were using hanja but they faced so many difficulties because the grammatical structure, pronunciation of both the languages has a lot of different. But after the invention of Hangul people slowly started using their own language. As we know a Language is an ongoing process. But change between old Korean and modern is might bigger than we think. Learning these facts and spending time in researching about these topic, I developed a keen interest on the history of Korean language. That's why if given an opportunity I want to continue my research and write thesis on" Evolution of Korean language" . The main goal is finding how Korean language has changed and evolved over the time. The area of study for this research is mostly in morphology, syntax, semantics and phonology. Additional knowledge that needed to study related to research area is classical Chinese characters and grammar.

** Now from this para I would just write my sem wise plan and how will I study during my master's year . Ex - In first sem I want strengthen my fundamental knowledge. During 2 and 3 sem I would start approaching professor to discuss about my research and Star working towards it. Then in the last sem I will make sure to complete my thesis on time and complete my master's degree with good GPA.

As for my research I would like .....
This research is going to help me a lot in my professional career. As I aim to be a teacher, so this research will unable me to have a better, clear meaning behind the words , phrase and overall language. These understanding of the language would help me when I will be teaching to make my students to acquire a native like understanding about the language.