I watched Turkish movie, My Father and My Son (2005). It was really touching and sad that everyone in my class cried. I saw how general relationship between a father and a son is like in Turkey. I can vary person to person, but my language partner sa
Read more…In the Korean culture, there is a paradox about time.
Usually, punctuality is regarded as an etiquette in the culture. In professional situations, it is a polite manner to arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the appointment time.
With more comfortabl
I believe a language's history can help you learn the language and the culture.
In the Korean language, certain Chinese characters are incorporated in the words. Each of the Chinese characters have a certain meaning and give deeper meaning to the wor
Reflect on your experiences as a language learner. What did you enjoy? What did you dislike? Think about the FIRE modeland the surveys you have just completed. What kind of learner are you? What kinds of language learning activities suit your le
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For this week's learning journal, we're talking about linguistic aspects of Hindi.
Hindi from a linguistic standpoint redefines the word complex. I shall isolate a single aspect, gender structure to explain why. Gender structure varies based o
Attached is a recording of myself introducing my family.
Read more…This week my learning goal is to be able to translate Korean to English, English to Korean quickly and efficiently.
I fulfilled my goal by watching a television show called "Just Happened" which is a Korean version of a Ted Talk. The lecture was give
There doesn't seem to be a set culture for Korean society's attitude towards time. Some people meet for social gatherings rather late, showing up an hour later than the intended time. However, others seem to be rather punctual or close to being punct
Read more…My goals for this week were focused on reading. I set myself the task of reading through a fairly complex article in Hindi (taken from the most prominent Hindi newspaper in India, Dainik Bhaskar). Given that the newspaper is targeted at audiences who
Read more…First Cultural Post: What is your interest in 'your' language and what do you hope to accomplish this semester?
Read more…This week's goal was to start reading Korean news articles.
My language partner provided 3 Korean news articles regarding politics. Although it was difficult because I did not completely understand the Korean political atmosphere, I was able to learn
I believe that I have made great progress in increasing my vocabulary bank and fluency. However, because I am unaware of the political atmosphere, a lot of the terms I was learning were inapplicable. Therefore, my language partner and I decided to fo
Read more…Do some preliminary research on what most interests you about the target culture, and describe how this topic relates to language.
One topic that interests me about Indian culture is how prevalent the Hindi language is within India and how different
Read more…For this cultural post, I'd like to discuss the differences between Urdu and Hindi, both of which originate from the language Hindustani, which found its roots in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit. Prior to the partition of India, this was the standard la
Read more…Turkish wedding is really unique. Types of wedding are vary throughout its cities, provinces and villages. But it is similar in way that people are expected to get permission from their families first. The prospective groom must ask for the woman’s h
Read more…My goal is to become a more fluent speaker, writer, and reader in the Korean language. Because I am planning to study abroad in Korea, I would like to become more aware about the culture and society. I am planning to read the news and watch documenta
Read more…What is your interest in 'your' language and what do you hope to accomplish this semester?
Despite Hindi being my native language, I never appreciated the importance of mastering the language until I set foot in the United States for my undergraduate
Read more…This week my goal was to increase my vocabulary in scientific jargon. I shared my goals with my language partner, so she brought in articles regarding scientific findings in Korean. I think it was an extremely rewarding week because I was able to lea
Read more…It was extremely interesting to read more about the scientific aspect of learning a language. I learned that the left hemisphere is dominant for language in most right-handed people. However, in left-handed individuals mixed dominance was observed. I
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