According to my research, the root of French can be found in romance languages, indo-European language family. Romance languages include not only french but also languages like Spanish and Italien. My roommate is from Barcalona and he told me that th
Read more…Reflect on the readings. Do you have any questions about the texts? Are there any claims that you find problematic? Do you think language is a purely biological phenomenon? What parts of the brain are most important for the production and comprehensi
Read more…Reflect on the history of your target language. To what language family does it belong? What sounds, words, and structures exemplify periods of contact with other cultures? How do these considerations enhance your understanding of the target language
Read more…It is interesting that I only knew that our brain is consisted of two hemispheres, the left one and the right one, but I had never paid attention to the fact that nerves were crossed between two hemispheres. Thus, there is no question that problems w
Read more…Through SDLC, it is clear that we as language learners have known more about compositions and basic theories related to languages. Since I am not a native speaker, the difficult part for me is using foreign words to break down complicated compositio
Read more…Refer to the diagram on page 9 in Aitchison’s linguistics. How do you combine different disciplinary perspectives to formulate a more holistic understanding of your target language? Do you give preference to one disciplinary approach over the others?
Read more…How do languages go extinct? Respond to the readings, and reflect on what happens when a language dies? How can linguists help preserve a language? Can a ‘dead’ language ever be brought back to life? What efforts are currently underway to document li
Read more…Basically, the graph in page 9 is a wheel-like structure of languages. The core matter of it is phonetics, and other elements like phonology, syntax, semantics, or pragmatics are radiated to the outside. The way I see it is that the graph is more lik
Read more…Do some preliminary research on what interests you about the target culture and describe how this topic relates to language. Do you need any special vocabulary or linguistic knowledge to engage this topic? If so, have you included objectives in your
Read more…It is important to understand that what we mean by language is not merely what coming out of one’s mouth or what we hear. Language helps communicate, but is speaking the only way to convey messages? Same as what the reading noted, language is a huge
Read more…Summarize some of the main ideas behind Figuring Foreigners Out and the Hofstede Dimensions of Culture. Do you predominantly agree with these assessments? Are there any statements, generalizations, and opinions expressed in the reading that you find
Read more…What is the difference between sound and spelling? Why is this distinction significant for your language-learning efforts? Describe the phonetic inventory of your target language. Are there sounds in your language that don’t exist in American English
Read more…Go back and watch the recording of your presentation of your learning plan on the class PanOpto collection on Blackboard. Comment briefly on how things are going. What has changed? How have you incorporated materials and insights from class into your
Read more…How have you started writing in the target language? Do you prefer to type or write free hand? Have you started to see patterns emerge in the structures between words, clauses, and sentences? What is the relationship between simple and complex senten
Read more…Imagine that you have received a research grant to conduct a linguistic study of your target language and culture. How would you get started, and what would you investigate? How would different structural components presented in class appear in your
Read more…It has been eleven weeks since the beginning of the semester. My self-directed learning has been on the right track for quite a while. It is not hard for me to write in French due to its resemblance in English in terms of handwriting. The hard part f
Read more…Preserving languages is not simply sustaining the number of speakers. Based on the reading, one leading factor causing the extinction in language is speakers. In order to keep a language alive, there has to be a specific environment in which the lang
Read more…Having looked back on my presentation, I am sure that I am still on the right track. Most of plans I made were implemented as they should be. Since I did not take SDLC 110, there is nobody checking if my pronunciation is correct or not. Moreover, the
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