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GKS LANGUAGE STUDY PLAN before come to Korea and after; My long-time interest in this country [5]
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STUDY PLAN TO IMPROVE FOREIGN LANGUAGES
BEFORE COME TO KOREAMy long-time interest in Korean culture, makes me quite familiar with Korean. Since 2020, I attend a lot of Korean online course at Coursera or online classes held by Korean native speaker. I learn Korean through self-study by taking talk to me in Korean text books which I completed up to level 4. Because of the corona pandemic, I am not be able to take the TOPIK test, but to measure my Korean language skills, I tried to take a placement test at king Sejong institute website with my results being at level 3A, which said that I am able to speak relatively on everyday topics and I am also able to give simple explanation on social or abstract subject matters. Currently, I am taking 5 different Korean beginners to intermediate level course at Coursera. I will finish each course in 3 weeks, so all the course will be finished right before my departure to Korea
As a second language English also play a big role in my life, I am able to speak English both in casual and formal occasion with good pronunciation. however, I lack at the academic writing, but before go to Korea (October - February) I will take an intensive online class for English academic writing and keep improving my English speaking, listening, and reading through self-study.
AFTER IN KOREAThe first goals I want to achieve is to get the TOPIK level 3/4 by the end of the first semester. In addition to formal learning at the language academy, I believe self-study is also very important to achieve the goal. I will focus on learning to improve the grammar structure of my Korean language both through formal education and self-study, learning by text books from talk to me in Korean level 4 above. Increasing vocabulary every day by reading newspapers, magazine, YouTube, or watching tv shows in Korean. To practice intensive listening, accustomed to hearing conversations with Korean either directly when interacting with friends or listening through radio, television and podcasts on a regular basis. Improve sentence structure and be able to identify information in long text. Practice with previous topic questions before the test arrives, and the 2nd goals is to get level 5/6 in the end of the language program.
I also plan to take IELTS test with three months preparation from March 2022 to May 2022 and take the IELTS on July 2022. My goal is to get 7.5/ 8.0 in overall band. To practice listening I will try to getting used to British accent by learning through BBC learning English, listening to BBC news and podcast in British English. For the reading I will practice the skimming and scanning techniques for identifying information in length passage. Therefore, having foreigner friends in Korea with international environment , I am sure I can Improve my English pronunciation and increasing my vocabulary. the least to improve grammar and sentence structure I will learn by english text book and any resources including YouTube and English learning apps.