Foolish Yet Brave

basically, as a learner of the Korean language, it is much better to be able to use an incorrect counter and be given feedback rather than choose not to say anything.

It was from TTMIK's level 2 lesson 9 PDF. The topic is about Korean counter and there are so many of them! It will probably be one of the area on which I make mistakes.

Steve Kaufmann in his e-book, The Linguist on Language, has one dedicated chapter about attitude. When I tried to learn Japanese or Deutsch before, I never thought that attitude is such an important factor in language learning.

I was just focusing on the language. I didn't observe the way I learn and whether it's suitable for me or it's giving me a great progress. I didn't realize that I deserve an enjoyable process and the right to decide what works for me and what not.

Anyway, it is a good sign that I am actually learning something from my experience and I'm happy about it. From now on, I'll try to note what kind of attitude I have.

Back to learning Korean, I have set up a twitter account to practice 한글. I notice that sometimes I post only when I'm quite sure about what and how I will write it. But the thing is that even that way, there could be mistakes found. So, why don't I try to be more carefree?

basically, as a learner of the Korean language, it is much better to be able to use an incorrect counter and be given feedback rather than choose not to say anything.

I like the word 'choose' there. It's completely in our hands! Now to make it more practical, I'd like to start posting at least 10 tweets per day. I think it will be a good excercise as it will force me to look up new words and practice the grammar I've learned.

가자!

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