Throughout this course, I have gained crucial knowledge and practical skills for learning a foreign language. Bahasa Indonesia is a beautiful language, and I am grateful for the experience of having practiced learning it. As a language learner, I hav
Read more…Deaf clubs have historically acted as vital social clubs for deaf and hard of hearing individuals to not only find community during the oralist and other discriminatory movements but to advocate for their community. Oralism promoted speech and lip-re
Read more…Below is my podcast interview with my language learning partner.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hwkIq8MEsd4abqzN0eQU2UkyuPSLi5rF/view?usp=sharing
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William Stokoe played a transformative role in the recognition of ASL as its own independent language as, before his research, ASL was regarded as a mere pictorial version of English. While teaching at Gallaudet University, the world’s leading univer
Read more…ASL has recently become, for lack of a better term, more "mainstream," and this increased visbility has allowed me to engage with the language in innovative and exciting ways. One of the most intersing ways I've been able to do this is through TikTok
Read more…My language learning parnter regularly incorporates videos into our lessons to not only expose me to a variety of signers, but also to visually illustrate the specific grammar or vocabulary we are currently working and how it appears in "everyday" si
Read more…My last few lessons with my language learnig partner emphasized the importance of "role-shifiting" in ASL, or the practice of adopting the persona of the persona ad physical demeanor of an individual during conversation. So, using the vocbularly I've
Read more…If I got a research grant for a linguistic study of Hebrew, I would want to explore the “new” words in Modern Hebrew, the ones that didn’t exist in Biblical Hebrew and had to be created. Words like “car” or “newspaper” didn't exist thousands of years
Read more…This is my podcast/interview link, which should be available for anyone with the link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rB02uaS6nKnvlTGFrLUOyevVHImcCPkO/view?usp=sharing
Read more…Here is the link for my presentation: https://youtu.be/HXKGCDJJCPU
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Here is the link to the "podcast" for 110:
file:///Users/talsheleg/Downloads/Call%20with%20Abba.m4a
I hope you enjoy it
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I have gained many insights about myself through becoming a language learner and cultural explorer. Learning a language and this class have helped me understand how language can be connected to identity, history, and culture. I also realized that lea
Read more…One of the biggest things I have learned when it comes to learning a language is that I do not always need a formal lesson to practice. Language is for communication, and that should be how we practice. My dad has become one of the most important par
Read more…Over the past two weeks, my language learning has shifted from the memorization of isolated vocabulary toward the structural "glue" that gives the Korean language its unique narrative flow. My primary tasks involved a deep dive into sentence-final en
Not all bilingual speakers are the same. Firstly, according to Barto-Sisamout and Nicol, “because language is intimately tied to culture and one’s sense of group, bilingual people may have a more complex and multifaceted sense of self and group than
Read more…The last cultural artifact I wanted to research was Haenyeo divers. On the island of Jeju in South Korea, there is a group of women called the Haenyeo who spend seven hours a day in the water, sustainably fishing and harvesting conch, seaweed, octopu
Read more…A unique aspect of modern Korean culture is its strong presence in esports, particularly through games like League of Legends. Before learning about Korean esports culture, I saw gaming mainly as a form of entertainment. However, I was surprised to d
Read more…Batik is a traditional textile art form that originated in Indonesia and has been practiced for centuries. The word batik comes from the Javanese word "amba," meaning to write, and "titik," meaning dot or point. This reflects the intricate designs an
