Date: 12/14/2024
Lingq known words: 508
This is my ninth entry on my journey to learning Korean.
I am still consistently learning Korean. I recently got some advice from my tutor to spend some more time listening to Korean. So she recommended me a few youtube channels that I can watch. There is one channel called SyukaWorld that focuses a lot on current events in the world. I really enjoy that stuff already so being able to listen and watch that in Korean is a double positive. I can listen to something I enjoy, and I can learn some more Korean at the same time.
Recently there was also a political event in Korea that was very suprising for the world. The current president decided to declare martial law in the middle of the night. This entailed shutting down the media and removing the political processes that the parliment can do. However, everybody said no. There were a lot of protests and less than 8 hours after he had declared martial law, he retracted it. Very interesting stuff.
I am going to continue to learn Korean, focusing on listening and speaking. This year is almost done and it is fun to look back to where I started this year and see the progress I've made. Even though it doesn't feel like much progress in the moment, I do see the fruits of my labor beginning to sprout. I'm excited to see where I'll be next year.