Unlike other spoken languages, ASL does not have specific cultural aspects such as a type of food or annual tradition. Sign language evolved and adapted independently across different communities and geographical regions. However, given the rich hist
Read more…(a) As a language learner, I think the most important thing I have learned about myself is that I really really need visuals when I am learning, mostly to keep myself engage in what I am learning. What I mean by this is that what I have noticed is th
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…If I was to be offered a research grant to conduct a linguistic study of Nepali culture, I would investigate the commonalities between Nepali and the other languages in the same branch or family that Nepali belongs. This is more because I have been c
Read more…For the past roughly month of SDLAP 113 lecture, I met with my language partner Somyung and Warren Chae over Zoom. We started off our lessons and returned to the same concept of speaking in only Korean with occasional English only for words that we d
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The second half of February came with some difficult decisions pertaining to our ASL learning setup. Nibras and I realized two things: having students of different ASL comprehension levels in the same class was not working, and we had
Read more…For the past roughly month of SDLAP 113 lecture, I met with my language partner Somyung and over Zoom. We started off our lessons and returned to the same concept of speaking in only Korean with occasional English only for words that we do not know w
Read more…One of the main things I miss after moving to the United States from Nepal is the time of the year of festivals. One of the main festivals and my favorite festival is called Tihar, or the festival of light. Tihar, also referred to as Deepawali, is a
Read more…In terms of sound and spelling, a certain way of spelling a word in a way dictates the type of sound that the spelling generates. In a broader sense though, the way something is spelled might not be the exact way that it sounds compared to the way i
Read more…Growing up in Nepal, I was never told explicitly to follow one religion. As a Buddhist living in a Hindu-majority country, the lines between Hinduism and Buddhism was extremely blurred . Up until 2007 before the government of Nepal declared Nepal a s
Read more…This past week and the next week I wanted to dive heavily into practicing and continuing that practice during the week. IN our meetings for this past week, we did not know what to focus on and Keshav suggested that I send snippets of my writing and a
Read more…Street food in Korea has always brought great interest to non-Koreans with Myeongdong District attracting many tourists from all over the world to try Korea’s best street food. Just a couple years ago, Korean corn dogs were the hottest new food to tr
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