I began to research about my presentation topic, and I learned about a concept called the "Hallyu Wave." I had heard about it before, but I did not really know what it meant or why it was happening. Through researching, I realized why it was characte
Read more…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?
(b) Which readings and learning activities did you find most usef
Cultural Topic of Your Choice
I learned basic survival skills. For instance, the words for water (pani), restroom (gushul khana), and phone (dhur-basho). I have learned sentence structure as well. If I want to say “I want water” it would be “Ami pani
Read more…I really enjoyed attending the cultural project presentations.
During the first round of presentations, I learned about K-Pop and Turkish cinema and Sabbath in Israel among several other topics.
During the second round of presentations, I got to lear
Read more…In addition to discussing the resources (see above), outline how you have begun to work on your first language tasks.
I have bookmarked many different sites to help me in my learning. BYKI has been discontinued, but I think it would have been a great
Read more…I think I have learned a lot about South Korean culture from learning the language.
I think one aspect of Korean culture that I have learned from
Read more…Summarize your assessment and goals in a blog post in your learning journal and on the first page of your learning plan.
Observing the “Levels of Competence” document I have categorized myself as a novice learner and my goal is to become intermediate
Read more…Attached is my file for the final presentation, presented on 11/27/2017.
Read more…Hi there! For my cultural project, I chose to speak about the city of Calcutta. I talked about the history, economy, food and other things that the city is famous for.
Attached is a link to the project: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12e6Nav
Read more…I was practice for my final assessment with my language partner, so I talked about my favorite festival Holi. Festival%20Of%20Holi.m4a
Read more…Summarize your work this semester, the progress you made and the difficulties you encountered.
I worked with my language partner, Atul, on improving my knowledge at Hindi. We worked on writing, reading and conversational Hindi through a variety of ex
Read more…Describe the phonetic inventory of your target language. Are there sounds in your language that don't exist in English? Provide several phonetic transcriptions of important words.
The vowels in Hindi follow a more open-mouth sound based on the inte
Read more…For this week's meeting, I called Atul and a few friends of my Indian and Pakistani friends over for dinner and made daal (lentil soup), chicken kadhai (a chicken dish that is cooked for a very long time in a tomato curry), naan (Indian flatbread) an
Read more…While practicing for my final assessment with my language partner, I talked about various aspects of my Study Abroad experience. Study%20Abroad.m4a
Read more…How have you organized your self-directed learning plan, and what have you learned so far?
I organized my self-directed learning plan by first having clear, attainable goals and then writing down 10 tasks that would help me achieve the goals. The tas
This virtual link had various greetings and farewells in Korean. It had a wide variety, which reminded me of how many different ways you can greet someone. It also had the narrations of each greeting. I found this link extremely helpful.
Read more…When I was beginning to learn and read in Korean, I began by watching lots of Korean television. I picked up words I did not know and I learned how things were spelled.
I attended Korean school when I was in elementary school, so it served as a stea
Read more…Reflect on your experiences as a language teacher and learning in this latest speed-dating workshop. What difficulties did you encounter?
I did not encounter many difficulties teaching the language since I was prepared with a presentation. However,
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