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Leaving Korean

Hey Everyone,

I am so sorry for my long year+ absence from the blog, I had a bit of a health scare that thankfully has gotten better. In the last year I have not only recovered my health, but I lost touch with my Korean and I have moved country!

Because of my lack of confidence in Korean, I no longer feel as though I can offer much advise anymore. Furthermore, I now am required to learn a new language to assist my move; Dutch! ^^

This blog (BitesizeKorean) will remain up and available for all of you! And I do plan to return to it in the future when time allows. I wish you all the best of luck on your Korean journey!

Much love, Elle. x

I was sitting with my family and I turned to a korean broadcasting station so that I could hear some korean,I'm still a beginner and still dont understand some of the words, but I'm trying to audio learn, Anyways then my mom makes a snide remark at me when my sister asks "Do you even understand any of what they're saying?" And I answer "no but I want to listen" my mom says "what good are you if you can't even understand what they're saying "this really lowered my confidence (1/2)

And made me feel like just because I'm still a beginner and can't understand all of the words they say on the korean broadcasting station, will I ever get to a point where I can be able to understand all the words they say one day? Idk I just feel like that negative comment my mom passed at me today really lowered my self esteem and just made me feel like all the hard work I'm putting into learning korean is of no use because my mom says I'm not good enough (2/2)

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I am so sorry for my absence on this blog! But I popped in today to check on things and saw this is my inbox - I just had to respond.

I completely understand how such a comment can be so disheartening, it really will feel like a blow to your confidence. But remember that no-one learns overnight, not even young children can learn their native language overnight and are exposed to the language for YEARS before they make a start to learning the language fully.

What you are undertaking is a massive achievement, learning a language is no easy task and the fact you are so enthusiastic about learning Korean is inspirational! Please don’t let others discourage you, everybody has their own pace and everyone learns differently. I think the fact that you are actively finding ways to absorb Korean just shows how intelligent you are.

Those that make comments about your abilities simply don’t understand that learning is part of the journey, and is where all the fun is! As soon as you start noticing small improvements, maybe it will just be a word here or there, maybe a grammatical structure... The feeling of accomplishment you receive is amazing.

Just remind yourself why you started in the first place, motivation is what carries you through to your goals! So long as you don’t give up, there will 100% be improvement, you just have to stick with it and believe in yourself. After all, you will often be your own worst critic, just remind yourself that you are capable of anything you can put your mind to!

Much love, and keep studying! x