Throughout this semester, I have used both handwriting and typing to write in Portuguese. Both methods were able to convey the messages clearly for me. When typing, I would have to hold down on the keys to see the different accents available for the
Read more…I think the biggest insight I gained as a language learner was what kind of learner I am. I now understood why I did so poorly in Japanese during my sophomore year; I simply cannot memorize a list of vocabulary. I tried to approach Vietname
Read more…In today’s class we looked at the 2020 new Korean slangs:
얼죽코 (얼어죽어도 코트)
Doesn’t matter when it is, I want cold [Ice Coffee]
This slang is a reference to one slang we learnt last year 얼죽아: 얼어죽어도 아이스 아메리카노, which means doesn’t matter when I want Ice A
Read more…After going back and watch the recording of my presentation of my learning plan, I think I have been following my learning plan pretty well. So far, I have covered the Korean Alphabet, self-introduction, and easy daily phrases. Other than learning la
Read more…During the last couple of weeks of Korean, our little group (Jannette, Mallory, and I) joined in on a Zoom call together. We discussed how Korean had been going and shared a google document where we organized everything we learned throughout the seme
Read more…For the upcoming couple of weeks after spring break, my language partner and I focused on the 3 different types of pronouns in Korean since they are used very often: interrogative, demonstrative, and personal pronouns.The interrogative and demonstrat
Read more…For these two classes we watched a popular Korean Television show 신서유기or New Journey to the west. It is a travel reality show that has been on for 7 seasons. It gained wide popularity with the uniqueness of the games and hilarious events that occurre
Read more…If I had a research grant to conduct a linguistic study, on Vietnamese, I think I would try to investigate the derivation in the spoken Vietnamese language – dialect. As far as I know, there are three primary dialects in Vietnamese:
I am a huge fan of movies and TV shows and in the past few years, I have started to watch Korean movies and TV shows. There are a lot of good movies in Korea, and at the same time, those movies address social issues and Korean history. For example, t
Read more…Hello~
I have attached my audio podcast interview with Jenna. We used Facetime and I recorded using my phone, so I apologize that the quality isn't ideal! Thank you for a wonderful semester of SDLAP! :)
Read more…I think the biggest insight I gained as a language learner I how my past language learning experience was able to help me to learn a new language. I took Japanese for 4 semesters and really enjoyed Suzuki Sensei’s class. I wanted to continue but I ha
Read more…The Korean celebration of Chuseok
Chuseok (추석), also known as Hangawi (the 15th day of August according to the lunar calendar) is a major festival and a three-day holiday in both North and South Korea. Korean usually celebrate Chuseok by making a kin
Read more…For the last two weeks of class, my language partner, Hazal, and I transitioned our lessons to Zoom. This was a bit difficult because we could not work on the packet at the same time, but it led to more conversation. There was a bit of internet conne
Read more…For our final two classes we look at a few grammar rules. Last semester we learned how to use the conjunction 이다 (ida) which is connected to a noun. The first week we looked at 있다 (itda), which is only slightly different. 있다operates more like an adje
Read more…In this class, Ms. Kim and I reviewed the Korean phrases we learned before, and we also talked about what topics to include in our podcast. For my last semester’s final presentation, I researched about the Korean satire films and the films based on t
Read more…In this biweekly reflection I will write about some more 맞춤법 or Korean grammar that we did not get to touch on in class, 훈민정음 the correct and proper sounds of the Korean language, and 한글날 or Korea Day.In order to keep with tradition, I now watch a li
Read more…In the past weeks, to prepare for my teaching presentation as well as to learn more about the language itself, I started to delve into more grammar and history related studies. A few things I learned include Vietnamese grammar patterns and a brief hi
Read more…The article that I read for a few of my classes on Parasite sparked my interest in the South Korea class discrimination. After some research I found that the wealth gap and the power struggle in South Korea might be more significant that the film hav
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