I have 3 solid years of Spanish classes under my belt, but I gave it up in high school under the ever wise instruction around me that there would be no future for me in learning languages. I would never make it in the world focusing on language. I really regret listening.
Anyway I have recently taken back up my dreams of language by studying Korean. Learning Korean has been very enjoyable and very testing at the same time. Korean is so very fundamentaly different than English that it is an unhill struggle just to change the way I think!
I have enjoyed the challenge emensly, every small vicorty is that much sweeter knowing I had to struggle to achieve it!
But recently I have been around many Latino co-workers and have had to use my very rusty Spanish to communicate. I have found I actually remember a great deal more than I had origionally thought I would after 7 years of little to no use. The more I talk with my Latino co-workers the greater my desire to finish off the language and become fluent. It would be infinately easier to accomplish than achieving fleuncy in Korean...But I know that I cannot study two languages at once. Which one should it be?
I really don't want to give up my progress in Korean, I would lose so much quitting at this stage. Also, I enjoy Korean culture and people more than Latino culture. (Sorry to any latinos out there, but just take a look at all the cuteness of Korean culture! Surely you can sense it's allure! And I most certainly am not saying I dislike Latin culture! Far from it...but simply put Korean men are attractive and adorable by thier very nature...you can't blame a girl for that!)
On the other hand I would have such a rapid transition into fluency in Spanish it is highly tempting to achieve part of my life long goals as soon as I can.
I'm not certain at this point but as it stands right now I refuse to give up my progress in the Korean language, but perhaps later I will re-take up the language...I would really love to finish my studies in Spanish someday.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Hello, Hola, Guten Tag, 안녕!
Hello all! I finally decided to make a blog since my first attempt at using LJ as one failed miserably. Oops! So here I am!
My name is Alisha, I'm an American living in Utah. I'm 21 and feel so far behind I might as well be 30. I am actively studying Korean, I have studied Spanish in the past and use it at work frequently. I am working on my bachelor's of English so I can teach English as a foreign language in other countries. My current goal is to obtain my Associates at Salt Lake Community College before moving on up to the University of Utah to finish my degree and to get into the student exchange program.
This blog is dedicated to my study of language. I have had a life long love affair with language, there was a trial separation after all my friends and family tried convincing me we weren't right for each other and that language would be a dead beat and wouldn't be able to support children...but we are back together now, and nothing can ever come between us again!
I owe a GREAT debt to the many Korean international students I work with who have helped me get back in touch with my long lost love and give me hope that my future with language may very well be a bright one. 김 지해, 김 륜태, 김 현태, 이 은경, 김 지영, 정말 감사합니다! and most of all I have to thank Raphel for taking time out of studying for an important final in advanced physiology to teach me about Korea, from a Korean's perspective while somehow managing to be fairly unbiased. I wouldn't have regained my lust for language without his always patient help. Thank you Raphel, and I hope we can meet again someday and you will have achieved your dream of becoming a doctor. I would be honored to have you as my family doctor.
Anyway as it should have been obvious by now I am focusing my studies on 한국어 and have been studying since 06/20/08 although I have yet to take a single class. I also used to study Espanol, but had given it up and need to re-learn much of it. I hope to finish my studies in both Spanish and Korean and to hopefully move on to Japanese with the help of my brother who is currently studying it.
If I can die being fluent in Korean, Spanish and Japanese I'll die with a bright, huge smile on my face.
Anyway, I'll be posting here my progress, thoughts and pretty much anything that has to do with some language here. Hopefully within the next 3 years I'll have successfully attained my Associates of English and will be eligible for the Student exchange program for South Korea. I want very much to attend school there to be truly immersed in the language and culture.
Wish me luck, but more importantly focus!
My name is Alisha, I'm an American living in Utah. I'm 21 and feel so far behind I might as well be 30. I am actively studying Korean, I have studied Spanish in the past and use it at work frequently. I am working on my bachelor's of English so I can teach English as a foreign language in other countries. My current goal is to obtain my Associates at Salt Lake Community College before moving on up to the University of Utah to finish my degree and to get into the student exchange program.
This blog is dedicated to my study of language. I have had a life long love affair with language, there was a trial separation after all my friends and family tried convincing me we weren't right for each other and that language would be a dead beat and wouldn't be able to support children...but we are back together now, and nothing can ever come between us again!
I owe a GREAT debt to the many Korean international students I work with who have helped me get back in touch with my long lost love and give me hope that my future with language may very well be a bright one. 김 지해, 김 륜태, 김 현태, 이 은경, 김 지영, 정말 감사합니다! and most of all I have to thank Raphel for taking time out of studying for an important final in advanced physiology to teach me about Korea, from a Korean's perspective while somehow managing to be fairly unbiased. I wouldn't have regained my lust for language without his always patient help. Thank you Raphel, and I hope we can meet again someday and you will have achieved your dream of becoming a doctor. I would be honored to have you as my family doctor.
Anyway as it should have been obvious by now I am focusing my studies on 한국어 and have been studying since 06/20/08 although I have yet to take a single class. I also used to study Espanol, but had given it up and need to re-learn much of it. I hope to finish my studies in both Spanish and Korean and to hopefully move on to Japanese with the help of my brother who is currently studying it.
If I can die being fluent in Korean, Spanish and Japanese I'll die with a bright, huge smile on my face.
Anyway, I'll be posting here my progress, thoughts and pretty much anything that has to do with some language here. Hopefully within the next 3 years I'll have successfully attained my Associates of English and will be eligible for the Student exchange program for South Korea. I want very much to attend school there to be truly immersed in the language and culture.
Wish me luck, but more importantly focus!
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