The topics that Melisa and I have been working on most closely as of late are 'Tubuh Badan' (body parts). This is an essential part of learning any language, and I have made sure to pay special attention to how reduplication does or does not affect t
Read more…I am interested in learning more about Persian dance, a distinct part of the Iranian culture. Due to the negative stigma associated with dancing in some Middle Eastern countries, there is limited information on this form of dance. Regardless, dance i
Read more…Over the past two weeks, I have continued to focus on terms for physiology/anatomy and associated verbs and actions, with a particular emphasis on the latter. It is interesting how many cultural insights studying this alone can yield; for instance, t
Read more…Before diving into the Korean language and culture when I thought about Korean mostly thoughts of Kpop, intensive skincare routines, or even soju came to mind. Now that I have started studying Korean I am very excited to discover much more about Kore
Read more…My Learning Plan
Learner Name: Han Tran |
Semester: Spring 2020 |
Language: Vietnamese |
Course: Self-Directed Language 105 and 110 |
Where are you now? What can you do? What do you know?
Use the Levels of Competence document and the LinguaFolio
Read more…In this week’s korean lesson, we watched a little bit of 예능, a korean variety show, with the title kang’s restaurant (강식당) season 2. And in the past two weeks, I was able to not only watch parasite but also able to learn (관용구) or idioms in Korean. Th
Read more…Given that I have received a research grant to conduct a linguistic study of Dari in Afghanistan, I would investigate the following question:
What do different dialects of Farsi spoken in Afghanistan tell about the political and social power dynamic
Read more…This past week, Gabi, Dixon and I worked on reading mostly. It seems that most of our time spent together is not necessarily on learning new things, but more on the repetition and practice of speaking, which I enjoy. Gabi and I read a few short conve
Read more…Due by 5pm on Sunday, February 2: Discussion Post #2 on the Ning
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, gene
Read more…I am quite the foodie and am willing to try just about anything that is not too disturbing. I think food ranks as one of the highest aspects of culture in a country or community. When I think about home, I immediately think about my favorite home-coo
Read more…Vietnam’s food culture is a very important point of interest for me. As most of my family are either chefs or owners of some food-related business, I’ve grown up surrounded by the various Vietnamese food cultures. My mother’s side of the family are V
Read more…I learned how to write in Persian early on in life. However, it had been a few years since I last wrote in Persian. My language partner, Zari, made writing a major part of our learning plan. So after most of our lessons, I am assigned to write a shor
Read more…Due by 5pm on Sunday, February 16: Discussion Post #4 on the Ning
Describe the phonetic inventory of your target language. Are there sounds in your language that don’t exist in American English? If so, provide several words and their phonetic transcr
Read more…Within the Portuguese language, there are some similarities and differences from English. Both languages contain consonants and vowels, however, the phonetics of some of these letters differ from each other, because of certain accents and placements
Read more…Unsurprisingly, Korean does indeed differ from English! The Korean alphabet lays the basis of the sounds of Korean. In Korean there are 14 consonants (ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ) and 10 vowels (ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ) for a total of 24 letters. In addi
Read more…Given that I am currently interning at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in the East Asia Exhibit, I thought it could be worthwhile to focus on the state of art in Malaysia for my second cultural artifact. In particular, I am interested in exploring h
Read more…Due by 5pm on Sunday, March 1: Discussion Post #6 on the Ning
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 co
Read more…This past week I met with Gabi for the first time. We established what we would make the course look like. Essentially, I will work on grammar and vocabulary and reading on my own, and go over topics I have confusion with, with Gabi. This past week s
Read more…This week I learned about Lunar New Year. I was surprised to learn that Lunar New Year is celebrated not only in China but also Korea. I was unaware that Koreans celebrated Lunar New Year and that they go by the lunar calendar. I learned that people
Read more…Due by 5pm on Sunday, March 29: Discussion Post #9 on the Ning
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, an
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