Identify a topic for your culture project and reflect upon how this project relates to your language learning. State your learning goals for this project.
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Identify a topic for your culture project and reflect upon how this project relates to your language learning. State your learning goals for this project.
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In my culture project I will explore the festival of Diwali.
Thus far in the semester, I have faced a real challenge answering one crucial question: what is Indian culture? The answer to this is quite simple. It is the diversity of the cultures that exist in India that make up “the Indian culture”. Each region of India brings its own unique identity to the table. Various different regions have their own traditions and its own sense of what exactly composites of Indian culture. It is this broad sense of culture that makes the nation so unique and Hindi so exceptional as well. In this project, I would further like to increase my knowledge of what “Indian culture” is.
I will research this festival in order to find out how it is celebrated around the different regions in India. This will help me implement what I have learned thus far in the semester: days of the week, numbers, time, clothing, vegetable and fruits. I will also draw from the cultural conversations that I have had with my language partner.
For my culture project, I am choosing to study healthcare in Iran. I am currently planning to go to medical school after graduation from Richmond, and this topic would be a good way to combine my interests in Iranian culture and medicine. I also have two aunts who are physicians practicing in Iran, so I will be able to have primary sources to draw upon. It will be interesting to see how medicine is practiced in Iran and how it compares to the way it is practiced in the United States. Medicine and health are definitely related to culture -- for example, traditional Chinese medicine is famous for its alternatives to Western medicine, like acupuncture and herbal medicine, which reflects China's Taoist philosophies. I am interested to see if Iran has something similar to traditional Chinese medicine, and if it is still practiced today. Iran has a rich history in medicine and I am excited to research how it has evolved to today's practice and how it has influenced Western medicine. I am also curious to see how the Farsi vocabulary compares to English vocabulary, to see if it has been borrowed from English. This project will not only help me learn Iranian culture and history but also learn important vocabulary, that could be beneficial in the future if I decide to volunteer with a global health organization in a Persian-speaking country.
I decided I will be doing my cultural project on the traditional Korean wedding. I think this will be very interesting to learn more about because traditional weddings are completely different from Western weddings. I will mainly be focusing on the bride and groom's attire and the ceremony. There are four ceremonies with different stages in each ceremony. I would like to compare the popularity of western vs. traditional weddings in South Korea. I will also look into and explain what their wedding outfits symbolize and what it has to do with their culture. There are many terms for the wedding and each part of the ceremony so I will also incorporate this into the language aspect of this cultural project. My goals for this project is to familiarize myself with how traditional weddings are performed and what each part represents as a part of their culture.
For my culture project, I am focusing on the dance, Garba. Garba is a dance form that originated in Gujarat. It is danced during the festival of Navratri. I want to learn about the origin of garba, the music, clothing, and about the festival during which this dance is performed. Navratri is a festival that many Gujaratis look forward to. To better understand and immerse myself in gujarati language learning, I think it is important to have a deeper understanding of this tradition.
My goals for this project are to delve into the meaning behind the dance, and what it represents specifically for the festival of Navratri. Since Gujaratis in particular have such a strong relationship with the festival compared to other Indian groups , I am eager to learn words surrounding Garba, Navratri, and other gujarati and hindu festivals.
Excellent. I look forward to your presentation.
For my culture project I choose "weddings" in pakistan because I think through research and knowing more about this topic I will be more familiar with the culture and tradition on this event. Since marriages are a big part of their culture so I am planning to learn about their, traditional food, clothing, music, dance and other related traditions. I think it is a great opportunity to learn all these things in one project.
My learning goals are that I will start looking for this topic over the internet, ask people about the culture, and talk to my language partner on how to be prepared for y final presentation to the class.
'Weddings' is a great topic because it can illustrate so many cultural elements: family, food, religion, music,etc. you're probably going to have to narrow down the topic in order to go a bit more deeply into one or two of these aspects.
What you've written about as 'goals' are really a plan--and it's very good. Your learning goals, however, need to be more related to language and content. For example, you might want to investigate whether there is a traditional language associated with weddings, e.g., the English 'I plight thee my troth' in traditional wedding vows. Think about your goals in terms of which questions you want to answer about weddings in Pakistan.
Thanks for the comment, My goal is to focus on the question of "How important the role of dowry" is in Pakistani culture. As well as any traditional language or gestures associated with weddings.