Reflect on your learning experiences this semester.
(a) What insights have you gained about yourself as a language learner and cultural explorer? What did you find difficult? What have you enjoyed? How will you continue your learning?
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Introduce yourself and your family
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My name is Aheema and I am in my last year in college. I am majoring in biology and I hope to work with people in the future. My family is pretty small. My family consists of my mom, d
Read more…Talking to a native Bengali at the Pohela Boishakh party!
I asked her the difference between Bengali New Year's in America versus Bangladesh.
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Read more…To connect with my archaeological interests, I used the tag #arkeolojik (archaeologic) on CNN Turk and tried to read the news reports on anything related to archaeology. To my surprise I was able to understand a lot more than I expected going into it
Read more…One of my favorite areas to learn about is Korean history. I had previously learned about Korean history with Korean language partner Joora. Therefore, I was able to go more in depth with Jimin. Jimin prepared a timeline beginning from the times of d
Read more…State your learning goals for this week and how you went about accomplishing these goals.
My learning goals for this week was watching a tv series in Bengali. I watched Bojhena Se Bojhena and it was a pretty difficult task because the show did not ha
Read more…Korea has a different age system than America. When compared to the Western world, your Korean age will be one or two years different depending on what month you were born in. When you are born, babies start life at one years old, however, in Korea e
Read more…So, my dad and his friend Faruk are really big into soccer (GO ATLANTA UNITED!!!!!), so they encouraged me to interact with Turkish culture via soccer. Because of this, kept up with their favorite team,Fenerbahçe, and I listened to the announcers to
Read more…Attitudes about Time in the Target Culture
“Baje” means “time” in Bengali. Telling time is quite simple in Bengali. All that needs to be done to tell time is placing the numbers before the word “baje.” One o’clock is “ekta baje.” In general, Banglade
Read more…Another booming industry, that is not as well known as Kpop or Kdrama, is the musical industry in Korea. Korea has seen an increase in ticket sales in the last 10 years. Korea is a power house when it comes to musicals. They seem to always have somet
Read more…Throughout the semester, I've kept a close eye on Turkish politics, especially since I am also in International Relations of the Middle East and Turkey plays a part in those relations. Although I read the news in English, I think it was helpful for m
Read more…Cultural post:
The cultural topic my learning partner and I discussed this week was social media. Although Bangladesh has developed their technology use later than a lot of the world, many people in Bangladesh use social media. People use Facebook th
Read more…How do languages go extinct? Respond to the reading, reflecting on what happens when a language dies. How can linguists help preserve a language? Can a language ever be brought back to life?
Languages have the chance of going extinct if there are no
Read more…Korean drama and entertainment industry have become a booming industry and an integral part of Koreans culture. 10 years ago, when people mentioned Korea, many people would not have thought about Kpop or Kdrama. Nowadays, however, the first thing tha
Read more…I do not have a photo of this, but on the last day of class, Hocam Merve made our class Turkish coffee and brought Turkish delights. What was especially cool was that she was able to read my fortune and future from the grounds. Of course I couldn't r
Read more…Reflect upon your progress to date, consider the effectiveness of your learning plan and activities, and discuss what changes--if any--you will make to finish the semester.
I think I have been doing pretty well progressing in my learning plan. At the
Read more…Since early October, I have been speaking with a pen pal, Veli, from Turkey. He helps me with my Turkish and I help him with English. Here, we are talking about Thanksgiving, which he did not know much about.IMG_5209.PNG
Read more…The drinking culture in Korea is also a big deal. If you go to Korea, you cannot escape drinking. Soju is the most popular drink in Korea. It is similar to vodka, but ranging from 12-20% alcohol percentage by volume. Another really popular drink is m
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