Studying korean and reporting it in spanish (a spanish only study log)

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I think this sentence summarises the spirit of language learners everywhere! And is why so many amazing people are on this site!

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Very true. And content is content! As long as we’re watching something, we’re learning!

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resumen de mayo

objetivos del mes:

  • 10 horas de escucha, no tiene que ser todos los días: yup
  • Mantenerme al día del club de lectura para 기억술사: yup
  • Leer cosas que no sean 기억술사: yup

NOT A BAD MONTH if i do say so myself.

On the reading front, we are doing MUCH BETTER. In april (or was it may?) I was worried about my reading speed with 기억술사, WELL, this last week I had to stop myself from reading because I was afraid of reading too much at once and feeling burned out the next day, which would have thrown me off schedule. But I read 12 pages in one go (average of 3.9 minutes per page!! huge improvement) and i could have kept going. good stamina, good flow.

As for listening, I am feeling on top of the world. I am still using Language Reactor on Netflix (with KOR subs) to take advantage of the translation feature, BUT! I also started watching a show with no subtitles. The show itself isn’t very complex, grammar-wise, vocab-wise, plot-wise, dialect-wise… You get the idea. But still! Raw content! I only started watching things with Korean subs last month, and was resigned to keep needing the English/Korean subs for at least a full year longer!

lectura

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leí 678 páginas, de las cuales 463 fueron de mangas, y 215 de novelas.

series / películas

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desde que empecé a ver series en marzo (enero no cuenta), el número de días al mes que veo alguna serie fue aumentando. De 7 días al mes pasé a 10, y ahora 14.
Todo esto es sin contar los días que escucho podcasts, que fueron más al principio de año. Ahora no escucho casi nunca, porque me lo paso mejor con series.

resumen del mes

:white_check_mark: leí 2 libros, 노인의 꿈 첫 번째 이야기 | L22 and 숲속의 담 5 | L18.
:white_check_mark: vi 11 capítulos de series, de 이번 생도 잘 부탁해 S1 | L25?? (KOR subs, 3 eps), 여자에게 설레는 편 S1 | L19?? (KOR subs, 3 eps), 사내맞선 S1 | L29 (KOR subs, 6 eps), y 다시 만난 세계 S1 | L23?? (no subs, 2 eps).

Pre-June planning:

  1. take a chill pill with the reading. finish 기억술사 with the book club, & keep going with 숲속의 담. maybe go back to 나빌레라. the point is to read at a comfortable level, because my last reads have all been challenging, and although there is no denying it has boosted my level tremendously, it has also been taxing.

  2. make some progress on the grammar i already know. i’ll try to semi-regularly read the Korean Grammar in Use Intermediate entries for the grammar points i know but have never studied, just to clarify any confusion or misunderstanding.

  3. try to finish a show, any show, but just for me. i don’t want it to be a goal, or feel like an obligation that i plan around, i would just like to do it.

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update: june so far

very rambly but this is where my brain is at at the moment ~

this study log has never really been a study log, more of a media log. and lately i have not felt too moved to consume any media or study: i feel reluctant to go to class because it is so slow, i feel reluctant to read because it is so hard, i feel reluctant to watch a show in korean because it is so time consuming. i guess i’m in a bit of a slump? i’m also feeling a bit overwhelmed by how much further i have to go to be able to hold conversations in korean.

i remember saying at the beginning of the year that i’m not one to set goals, and then later i did set goals and now i feel overwhelmed. maybe beginning-of-year me knew what she was talking about? should i go back to having no goals, or rather 1 singular goal which is to read everyday? but then where’s the :sparkles:challenge :sparkles: ? where’s the :sparkles:grind :sparkles: ?

i’m also starting to take reading too seriously, probably because i am taking the book clubs too seriously. instead of “looks like a fun book, let’s see!” i am now thinking “this has 500 pages, if i want to read it in 10 weeks it has to be 50 pages a week, that’s about 7 pages a day” and then “i have to read 7 pages of this book a day, but i also want to read a manga, so how many pages of the manga can i add to this at my current reading speed so that i don’t fall behind the 7 pages” and it sucks some of the fun out of reading.

regardless, i am proud of myself for sticking to 기억술사, we’re almost done, and when we are i am going to be reading 당연하게도 나는 너를. i bought the physical version of the book, which should be a challenge in and of itself, so i will try my best not to set myself a deadline to finish it by. because originally i thought “ok, i finish 기억술사 on the 15th of June, that leaves me 2 weeks in June to read manga, and then from July 1st to August 31st I’ll read 당연하게도 나는 너를, it has 200 pages, that’s 22 pages a week” - but that is an endless cycle of weekly deadlines and reading by obligation, and not at all what my intention was at the beginning of the year.

ultimately i think tracking my reading is good because it lets me see progress, and motivates me to read more, and also bad because it pressures me.

i look forward to my vocab test at the end of the month to see how that’s going, because i doubt i have made as much progress as i did in the first quarter of the year, but i am also hoping this will be a case of “tracking leads to motivation” because if i did progress more than i thought i will be very happy and satisfied.

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I think we all go up and down like this in how we are feeling about our language learning. There are some warning signs there though that you might be in danger of burning out - especially when keeping to your goals becomes a chore/a burden rather than a pleasure.

Bookclubs are awesome but there is a danger that they suck you in to doing more than what is right for you at the moment and can be a factor in burning out. Don’t be afraid to review your goals and set aside bookclubs. Better to do that than burn out completely and stop learning anything.

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That’s good advice, I don’t think I’ll be joining a book club once I’m done with this one, and I’ll focus on making reading fun again instead :sparkles:

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I’ll update later this weekend, but I found this curve pretty funny:.

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Consistency? I don’t know her.

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Consistency is overrated! Anyway it’s consistent if you look by month rather than by week. You’re doing awesome!

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also, this graph is far prettier than a straight line!

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Not sure if this will help but when I feel like this (have for the majority of the last 2 months) I pick something easier to work on or pick one focus and don’t be too harsh with the goal I set (if you don’t need goals to help your motivation, feel free to drop them and have a more chilled out period).

I know even from my own experience that if you feel you’re not where you want to be it can have a massive impact on your motivation but sometimes remembering what made you want to pick it up in the first place can help too.

So I was really struggling with the reading side of things and listening the last few months to the point I stopped reading almost completely and went back to basics with listening. Gave myself some time to want to read again then started reading something a bit easier than what I had been reading previously. Going back to a few of my easier manga and now re-reading something I had struggled with previously. All of which has helped me feel better about my language learning journey as well as bringing back my motivation to study.

I’ve noticed a lot over the years I’ve been studying languages that there seems to be times were motivation ebbs and flows and sometimes doing something easier or reviewing while in the ebb stage helps me progress better when things are flowing if that makes sense.

I also feel that every so often we need to take a step back to appreciate the time and effort we’ve already expended to get to where we are and realise how far we’ve come.

I might not comment often but I think you’re doing amazing. :blush:

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update: seguimos leyendo, seguimos escuchando

libros

IN THE SPIRIT OF NOT TAKING READING TOO SERIOUSLY (and not burning out):

  1. Va de mitología griega, lo cual me encanta.
  2. La tapa, o mejor dicho la tapa de las páginas?? no sé cómo se llama esta parte, es PRECIOSA.
  3. Estaba el autor en la Feria el día que lo compré y me lo firmó :face_holding_back_tears:
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    I mean look at that.
    Así que hoy leí el primer mito (es una trilogía), y me lo pasé muy bien.

listening

hay novedades!
summing up: i am watching more and more content without subtitles, and the things i do need subtitles for is less time consuming than it used to be. i don’t need to pause so much, look up words, re-play entire scenes… less time and brain power needed = less friction = more frequent watching.

  • 이번 생도 잘 부탁해 S1 | L25?? 10 capítulos de 12, con subtítulos coreanos. Busco muchas palabras, a veces frases enteras, pero he mejorado mucho en comparación con cuando empecé a verla.
  • 여자에게 설레는 편 S1 | L19?? sigo sin acabarla. por qué? nadie lo sabe.
  • 사내맞선 S1 | L29 6 episodios de 12. halfway through! la estoy viendo con subtítulos coreanos y sigo necesitando traducir algunas palabras, pero por lo general puedo seguir la trama sin mucho problema.
  • 다시 만난 세계 S1 | L23?? 6/40 episodios jejejeje no la voy a acabar nunca. es muy cheesy, y no la vería en inglés, pero en cuanto al lenguaje me está ayudando mucho. La estoy viendo sin subtítulos y estoy entendiendo bastante, aunque hay algunas escenas para las que sí necesito poner subtítulos en inglés.
  • 연애 강요하는 사회 S1 | L17?? la vi en un día, es cortita, va de una chica que no quiere relaciones románticas (is this f show about us??). sin subtítulos :partying_face:
  • 초코밀크쉐이크 S1 | L23?? hmmmmmm very cheesy, can’t recommend it for the plot or for the acting, but language-wise it’s a really sweet spot! no subtitles needed.
  • Youtube: 태웅쌤과 서울에서 만났어요! Marvel wishes they had a crossover this good. No subtitles either.

Also I really appreciate everyone who took the time to comment, I wasn’t expecting replies :face_holding_back_tears:

I kind of want to keep the squiggle going, a straight line would be boring :joy:

That is exactly what I did, and it was a huge relief. And the easy mangas are still enjoyable reads, so I don’t feel bad or bored going back to them. But I do enjoy the feeling of being challenged again when I go back to my novel! It’s nice to alternate between the two, and get different things from a challenging read vs a comfortable one.

That is very very true. I was struggling through level 15 children albums at the beginning of the year and now I’m struggling through a level 27 novel. I hadn’t thought about that. It really does put things in perspective huh.

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Wow what a gorgeous book! Cool that you got it signed by the author too!

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It really does put things in perspective. I’m glad it’s helped and you’re getting your motivation back while seeing the improvements you’ve been making since the beginning of the year. You are doing amazing :grin:

That book does look awesome too.

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