Reflect upon what you have learned about the culture(s) you have been studying.
My main goal for my cultural posts were to learn about the culture of South Korea to better prepare myself for my study abroad experience at Yonsei University next semes
Read more…This week my learning goal was to increase my knowledge of Korean teachings through readings. My language partner brought Korean novels regarding old teachings. We read them aloud and translated them into English. I also related these old Korean teac
Read more…Summarize your assessment and goals in a blog post in your learning journal and on the first page of your learning plan.
As an intermediate level Korean speaker with some basic background on the Korean language, these are the goals that I want to acc
Read more…How do languages go extinct? Respond to the reading, reflecting on what happens when a language dies.
In today's society, languages go extinct when one language or a few main languages are used in most forms of global communication. For example, the
Read more…This week my goal was to learn about Korean history. My language partner provided a craft she brought from Korea. We made a model of a historically famous Korean ship used in battles against Japan. It is called the armored turtle ship.
I previously w
Reflect on your progress up 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 that I've made a good amount of progress on the goals that I set out fo
Read more…For this week, I met with my language partner to talk about our experiences in college. Our conversations ranged from classes that we had taken, our favorite experiences in college, our families, what the move to the US was like for the two of us and
Read more…Family is extremely valued in Korean culture. Fathers are encouraged to be warm and encouraging. Mothers are encouraged to be guiding and loving. Many fathers are considered to be the backbone of the family and carry more responsibility. Mothers are
Read more…What is your interest in 'your' language and what do you hope to accomplish this semester?
My interest in my language resorts from the fact that I am not able to speak it to complete fluency at a competent level where I can interact in a corporate s
Read more…This week I had an introductory meeting with my language partner Atul. I have known Atul since last year and we have briefly spoken about my expectations for learning Hindi last semester, but during this session we focused in on what exactly I want t
Read more…Reflect on your experiences of (trying to) read and write in your target language. Are you bilingual? If so, would you agree with the arguments made in the two readings on bilingualism
I am trying to learn how to write in Hindi using Roman/Latin cha
Read more…During one of my sessions with my learning partner, we worked on my listening and comprehending skills by watching a Korean show that talked about the happiness level of students in different countries. This topic was really interesting to me, so I
Read more…Reflect on your experiences of (trying to) read and write in your target language.
When I first started my classes with Atul, it had been close to 3 and a half years since I had read or written Hindi. It was hard during the initial weeks of re-fami
Read more…Being bilingual has a profound effect on the brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shield against dementia. Being bilingual forces the brain to resolve internal conflict, which strengths the cognitive muscles of the brain
Read more…My learning goals for this week is to learn more about the work culture in Korea.
To fulfill this learning goal, I communicated with my language partner. My language partner provided business articles that I summarized. There were many words relating
How would you qualify or describe different aspects of your target culture? Reflect and your own experiences and expectations of the culture in question.
For the Hindi language I focus mostly on Indian culture because that is the culture I know most
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While trying to set up Mango Languages, I ran into a Flash error which I am working on resolving, but this looks like a great resource to practice conversational Hindi. Diigo is a great way to bookmark helpful resources that I've come across
Read more…How many new words have you learned in your target language?
I cannot begin to count the number of new words I have learned in Hindi! I am constantly learning new words through my discussions with my language partner and the majority of our session
Read more…I found the articles on the co-relation between being bilingual and being smarter to be very interesting. The NYT article seemed to hint that being bilingual increases one's executive function, which trains the mind to have higher cognitive function
Read more…I believe that watching the presentations of my peers was beneficial not only to my perspective and knowledge of Korean culture and language, but also those of other languages as well.
I was paired in a team of fellow Korean speakers. One aspect of
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