Confidence is key when it comes to language.

세연 (One of my German friends)

오늘도 드디어 끝났네요 😮‍💨 오늘 날씨가 너무 더웠어요!! 아침에 7:30에 일어나야 됐는데 늦잠을 잤어요 ㅠㅠㅠ 1 사간!!! 8:30일어났었는데 super duper 세연 그래도 제시간에 도착했어요 (사원에) 😏 피자 맛있게 먹었어요 😋 다음에 해야 돼는 일들이 다 끝났고 이제 좀 relax 할거에요 😌

그게 너무 너무 좋은 생각인데 일단 엄마랑 얘기하고 호락을 필요 하죠

I avoid correcting her Korean typos on purpose. I want her to build confidence and write freely using her own vocabulary. (Seyeon is the Korean name my German friend picked for herself because she loved how it sounded.) I’ve realized that continuously encouraging her to use Korean naturally boosts her fluency.

This text is from a month ago, and her Korean is even better now than it was back then!