I realize I was stressing myself out too much about the conversation sessions. I think I have gotten myself into a groove now. I know which people I enjoy talking to. I am realistic as to how much Korean I am going to pick up by listening to Korean conversation. So long as I understand the gist of what a person says, it's all good. The learning process is SUBCONSCIOUS. I didn't really comprehend this and got overly stressed. So just relax during these conversation sessions. If I am relaxed, the teacher is relaxed too. I think I had better cancel with some of these people today and not leave it too late. I am confused about the times too. I had better send text messages.
I need to find some interesting topics to talk about. I don't know whether the teachers will accept the "games". If I can find something like "GardenScape" but in Korean, that will be fantastic. I will pick up vocab fast that way.
So just pick up something from the web. If the person isn't that interested, don't force it. So long as they talk for 45 minutes in Korean, they have done their jobs. If they need a lot of cueing from me, then drop them. They are not natural talkers and need too much prompting for my liking.
I think 6 hours a week is enough. I don't think I will do more than this. It cuts into my schedule too much if I do more than this. I might cut Mrs Lim down. I will have Seokcheol once or twice a week. The young man once a week. The science teacher once a week. The Sat lady once a week. Mrs Lim once a week. I find I am hassled when I have two hours back to back like I did yesterday ...... I think 7 hours might be too much.
I really have too many people actually. It's hard to remember all their schedules and so on.
