Thank you for the link to the Coursera course - I will certainly take a look. While I have my doubts as to whether they'll enlighten me with information I haven't yet seen elsewhere, any fresh perspectives can help me make adjustments to my approach to language learning.
I've already used up the wife resource with questions earlier this week and the "wife's friend" resource with other questions! Haha. I guess more what I was saying is that during language learning there are a tonne of questions. I have a bunch just from that one language correction - not to mention questions which pop into my mind while I am reading every day. If I were to stop and look each thing up, or to stop and ask about each thing it would entail a lot of discussions and additional reading.
I occasionally ask on LingQ, or Reddit, or find answers to similar questions other people have asked on iTalki and across the web. It can be a time consuming thing.
So more the point I was making is that some things I just let slide. I'm the kind of person who really likes to know all the details - which is why my study guides on learning Korean which I bought years ago have become lost yet I'm using my Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar almost daily.
As to the point of repeating the use of grammar points, sentence structures and vocabulary - it's a tough call. While the corrections I receive can be demotivating at times due to the volume of corrections, my main concern is about what this could indicate.
It could indicate that the way I am approaching language learning is suboptimal (for want of a better word) and that its showing I *should* be focused more on getting things right and a lot less on moving on to new things. This way of thinking would also mean I'd be reading a lot less breadth of material than I am now - choosing instead to focus on more limited materials within a given subject area.
However the volume of corrections could just be part of the Korean journey and somewhat unavoidable. If this is the case then working on each area until I'm 'getting it' would be a fools errand in which there is a big opportunity cost in terms of breadth of knowledge.
You've certainly helped give me some food for thought!
Because I am self-studying and I dont really have anyone in the same boat whose struggles I know, I'm always questioning myself. "Am I doing this right?" "How far along *should* I be by now?"
That in itself is probably a fools errand too
But I cannot help but wonder...