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Adventures in Autonomous Language Learning

A network of participants in and friends of Richmond's Self-Directed Language Acquisition Program.

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Film:  Tuesday, January 31, at 7 p.m.

Budrus tells the story of a Palestinian community organizer who unites members of all factions along with Israeli supporters in an nonviolent movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel's Separation Barrier. Join the School of Law, Office of International Education, Common Ground, and the Muslim Law Students Association for a screening and community discussion on Tuesday, January 31 at 7 p.m. in the Ukrop Auditorium at the Robins School of Business.

This might be an interesting topic for a cultural post!



Which languages are the hardest to learn?

Here's a chart! What is difficult about the language you're learning?

 

Visit the Conflict Kitchen, a take-out restaurant that serves food from countries with which the US is in conflict.

 

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Notes

Finding Books in Your Language

A number of people have asked about finding children's books, 'easy readers', and popular fiction in the SDLAP languages.  The Global Studio has children's books in Swahili and Turkish (thanks to Professor Grove), and I'm willing to buy more.  However, I prefer to buy books that are culturally authentic, i.e., not translated from English.

 

I have found the following online bookstores that seem to have a good selection.  Please send me (Prof. Scinicariello) a list of things you…

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Begin your blog--your learning journal--with a reflection on your experiences as a language learner.  What did you enjoy? What did you dislike? Think about the…

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Created by Global Studio Jan 13, 2009 at 7:48pm. Last updated by Global Studio Jan 12, 2011.

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Groups

What is Social Bookmarking? (That's Diigo)

Wikipedia: A Short Explanation

YouTube: Social Bookmarking in Plain English--This is about Delicious, but the theory is the same.

YouTube: Diigo V.3--This video has information about Diigo groups.

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Formality and Informality in Culture(s) Where 'Your' Language Is Spoken 5 Replies

Started by Global Studio in Culture Posts Spring 2012. Last reply by Shir Bodner 10 hours ago.

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Journal Entry #2

Started by Jack Hodil in Culture Posts Spring 2012 21 hours ago.

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Started by Jack Hodil in Culture Posts Spring 2012 21 hours ago.

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Journal Entry #3 - Reading Review

From reading "Understanding Foreigners" I learned a lot about not only the importance of learning a language before applying it , but also of the importance of cultural traditions. From the article i learned that there are habits and traditions that my society accepts and is used to, but at the same time most of those habits and traditions are not accepted or viewed the same way in other cultures. I believe it to be extremely important to know how these basic habits vary in other countries and…See More
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Shir Bodner replied to Global Studio's discussion 'Formality and Informality in Culture(s) Where 'Your' Language Is Spoken'
In Hebrew there are a number of formality and informality distinctions, although many of them are built into social customs and norms that indicate respect rather than there being social assumptions or boundaries for certain people. A distinction in…
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Journal Entry #3

One of the questions I was wondering about was "what makes up the Korean language?" I find Korean to be a very unique language that sounds different than both Japanese and Chinese, but it turns out some Korean words have originated from Japan and China. It makes sense, though. Since Korea is situated next to Japan and China, it is likely that Koreans added Japanese or Chinese words into their language through constant contact. The Korean vocabulary consists of approximately 30% native, 65%…See More
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Simrun Bal replied to Global Studio's discussion 'Formality and Informality in Culture(s) Where 'Your' Language Is Spoken'
In India, there is a strong distinction between formality and informality.  For Hindi in particular, there are three different pronouns to use for the word "You" -- aap (formal), tum (informal), and tu (when talking to family or…
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Reflections on the Week

During this past week, I focused on strengthening my grasp of the Hindi (Devanagari) alphabet, including the consonants, vowels, and matras.  As I mentioned before, it has been somewhat tricky for me since some of the Devanagari letters look similar to Punjabi letters but have completely different sounds.  The way I've been overcoming that obstacle is using the book "Teach Yourself Hindi," which is used in many college courses about Hindi.  In the book, Snell has a list of words that use…See More
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Learning Journal Post #3

This week I started to learn greetings and initial conversations when meeting people. My personal goal was to be able to call my grandma at the end of the week and speak as much as I know. This gave me the incentive to learn greetings and practice them out loud enough that it would be understandable for my grandma. During the language partner sessions, I was able to practice with other students which was a nice alternative to practicing alone. I am also continuing to practice writing which we…See More
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