This week my learning goal is to increase my fluency in the language. Additionally, I have been increasing my ability to write in the language using the Yonsei textbook workbook packet. It has been extremely helpful in guiding me.
I have been communi
Respond to the reading, reflecting on what is lost when languages die.
I found the article on Siletz fascinating! It is wonderful that a few dedicated people can revitalize a dying language with the power of technology. It is also astounding that th
Read more…This week Atul and I only met for 1-1.5 hours since we both had busy schedules. This week was mostly about reviewing everything I had learned up until this point and seeing how much I have retained. It was also about using the vocabulary and tenses I
Read more…Similar to several Asian languages and cultures, there is a formal way of addressing elders versus the informal way of addressing people who are as old or younger than oneself.
In order to address someone older than me, I'd have to use the 'respectful
For this week, Atul and I focused on vocabulary through conversation and readings. We talked at length about school, plans for the future, family and also read through Dainik Jagran together. I once again noted down words that I was unfamiliar with a
Read more…Hangul is the alphabet that is used to write the Korean language. It was created in 1443 by King Sejong. The alphabet has 19 consonant and 21 vowel letters. Hangul letters are grouped into blocks.
Read more…Cultural Topic: South Korea's Geography & Attractions (Focus-Seoul)
Korea is located in East Asia, with South Korea in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is mostly surrounded by water, with North Korea as the only country to be a land bo
Read more…How have you organized your self-directed learning plan, and what have you learned so far?
I organized my learning plan in a way that focuses on the practical uses of Hindi. I intend to use Hindi in conversational speaking and text messaging contexts
Read more…I think that knowing the history of a language may not be necessary in order to learn a language, but it certainly helps. Let's walk through the history of Urdu and Hindi, two languages that were formed from one common language, Hindustani. Prior to
Read more…This week Atul started speaking to me in Hindi full time and I actually think it is helping me learn more vocabulary and making me more comfortable speaking Hindi because it seems more like a conversation. We thought of a new list of topics we will c
Read more…I always enjoyed the art of different languages. I speak Spanish on an intermediate level, and I think I enjoyed the deep personal relationship I was able to form with my mom as we spoke Spanish together. It was our "secret language". Overall, I beli
Read more…For this week, Atul and I focused on reading. We discussed articles from an Indian newspaper called Dainik Jagran. I wrote down words that I was unfamiliar with and their meanings in English. This exercise has been helping me learn new words and also
Read more…For this week, Atul and I once again focused on conversational Hindi. We spent a few hours talking about random topics, including events occurring at school, our upcoming plans for fall break and also talked about grad school/jobs. Since it is senior
Read more…I did my presentation on Turkish Pop Music (Türkçe Pop Müzik). It was interesting to see the growth of Turkish music industry that stared from copying English songs. Now it is considered as oriental and unique sound. I will focus on Sezen Aksu in thi
Read more…Reflect on your language learning so far and the relationship between understanding the target culture and the target language. What do you need to improve your communicative competence?
I started this class a few weeks ago with my language partner,
Read more…When a language dies, the effect is more drastic than losing members who can conjugate the language's verbs.
When a language dies, it loses the history and culture of a population. There are definitely significant characteristics of a language. It d
Read more…With the help of the Levels of Competence document, I gauged that my level of interpretive listening and presentational speaking was stronger than my reading or writing. I pegged myself to be a Developing 2 for interpretive listening and presentation
Read more…This week Atul and I worked on learning how to describe different rooms and objects in the home. I learned that there are not many words in Hindi to describe the home and English, especially American English is very specific when describing parts of
Read more…Attached is a link of the Korean Ted Talk I watched on the topic of happiness.
It is delivered in English with Korean subtitles.
http://www.ondemandkorea.com/no-way-im-an-adult-e3.html
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