Spring 2021 Ning Discussion Posts (110)
Discussion Post #9
There is no free handwriting or typing within ASL rather, we use a combination of signs, expressions, and even finger spelling to communicate our thoughts. The structure of sentences within ASL also varies greatly from that of English. For example, i
Read more…Cultural Post #4 -- Korean Cuisine
I wanted to look more into Korean cuisine because I noticed one stark difference between most kitchens in Korea and those in the U.S.—the majority of Korean kitchens don’t have a stove. If they do have a stove, many of the Koreans use it as extra cup
Read more…Bi-Weekly Language Learning Journal #4
Due to everything we’ve been working on, we finally built up to working on conversational skills. In the past couple of lessons, we started to try having conversations between us, without a script, in which she would ask me a couple of questions and
Read more…Discussion#7
I personally really like games so I know that Korea is known for its strong gaming culture and Korean gamers dominate the eSports scene worldwide. Korean scene has a reputation of being extremely competitive. In 2020, the gaming culture in the countr
Read more…Discussion Post #6 - Due by 5pm on Sunday, March 14
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…Bi-Weekly Language Learning Journal #1
During winter break, I continued practicing reading in Korean and watching Korean variety shows to keep up with what I learned during the fall semester. Though I could read—albeit, at a very slow pace—I didn’t completely understand what I was reading
Read more…Discussion Post #7 - Due by 5pm on Sunday, March 21
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…Spring 2021 Learning Plan
As a language learner, I am really enjoying the opportunity to chart my own course in
this journey. Language learning has always been really interesting to me but I always felt so
discouraged because I could not keep up with the pace, but it was not t
ASL Language Learning Journal Entry #4
This is my fourth and final language learning journal entry for the semester. Looking back on the last three months, I am incredibly proud of how far I have come, from being a complete beginner who was under the misconception that ASL was somehow a u
Read more…Discussion Post #9 - Due by 5pm on Sunday, April 4
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…Nepali Bi-Weekly Journal #1
To start of my week, I sat down and reflected on what I currently know at the beginning of the course and what I think I can start to build upon as an introductory. My main realization and something that I want to work on kind of modifying is how dif
Read more…Community Partner Podcast
Here is the link to my podcast with my community partner.
https://richmond.box.com/s/x9goeo14d95p596ig3cttqzeljxcp4hc
Read more…Discussion Post #8
Languages go extinct gradually as successive generations of speakers become bilingual and then lose proficiency in their native language. Most often, speakers tend to favor a more prestigious language because of the potential social and economic bene
Read more…Discussion 5
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…Language Learning Journal #1
My first courses in Bahasa Melayu helped me really understand the difference between the different standards of the standard language of Malay. This is some of the clarification I got early! Standard Malay is the official language of Malaysia and one
Read more…Discussion Post #6
Once again, as we are learning ASL, for the purposes of this discussion I will be focusing on my native language of Bengali. “Bengali” also known as “Bangla” belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family and the “lingua franca” or “bridge language” of th
Read more…Cultural Post #3
Dr. William C. Stokoe, Jr., former English professor at Gallaudet University, is globally recognized as the creator of the linguistic study for sign languages used by the deaf. He moved to Washington D.C. in 1955 and began teaching at Gallaudet after
Read more…Cultural Post #4
The COVID-19 pandemic has made communication and mask wearing a challenge for those members of the deaf and hard of hearing (hoh) community. Many of these people rely on lip reading and hearing aids to help them communicate but due to mask mandates a
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