In my pursuitof Portuguese knowledge, my tactics have remained similarly unchanged to my stated plan. I would say learning the vocab and general grammar has been manageable because of my knowledge of Spanish. The discussions we've had in class are he
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This image above was a part of a Funk exhibition in the Contemporary Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro. I went to see the Funk exhibit on the second to last day that it was available in Rio in March, 2025.
I was stunned by this exhibit. I had a feeling t
Read more…One part that interests me about Portuguese is mainly the fact that it is very comparable to Spanish. I feel like that also means it will be easier to learn than other languages because of my strong base in Spanish, and, hopefully, I'll be able to ac
Read more…I am slightly confused on how handedness affects the brain hemispheres with respect to language. I'd like to read more into that. I could be wrong, but I feel like that has more to do with corellation rather than causation. I know the text states it'
Read more…Languages go extinct due to many factors like globalization, cultural assimilation, political pressure, and then things like mass death of culture due to natural causes, war or things of that nature. They don't randomly or suddenly die, it's normally
Read more…Yes I have had the opportunity to write in my target language, it's interesting because it uses a lot of letter symbols (sorry, I'm not sure the correct term for this). I also prefer to write free hand, mainly because I like writing better in general
Read more…I'd like to think I'd start by studying the cultures, the people of Brazil and Portugal, to do a linguistic study on the differences between European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. I'd track their histories, get personal accounts, measure the d
Read more…One of the many aspects of Korean culture that intrigues me is about Korean culture is the Korean food culture, especially the communal way meals are shared. Dishes like kimchi, bulgogi, and bibimbap are widely known, but what fascinates me most is h
Read more…The difference between sound and spelling is that sound refers to how a word is actually pronounced, while spelling is simply its written form. This distinction matters for me as a Korean learner because if I rely only on the written word, I may misp
Read more…In Figuring Foreigners Out and Dimensions of Culture both attempt to explain how cultural values shape behavior, communication, and expectations. Storti emphasizes that what seems “strange” in another culture is more often than not a logical extensio
Read more…So far I have begun writing short sentences on my notebook in Korean and also trying to trace words to get a feel for it. But I have also been typing with a Hangul keyboard (Still trying to get used to it). So far typing helps me focus on structure a
Read more…Because it's the last week of classes and it's very close to finals week, I’m just going over what I learned for the past semester instead of working on new things. Jason and I haven’t gotten the chance to meet for the following two weeks due to busy
Read more…For the fourth cultural post, I looked at the Gyerim-ro dagger and sheath (경주 계림로 보검). It is an ornately decorated artifact from the Silla Kingdom. The dagger was found in a royal tomb and it embodies a bridge between the living and the dead, the loc
Read more…This semester, I’ve been able to establish a more solid foundation of basic Korean language. Thanks to my language partner, Jason, I was able to speak Korean more confidently, and I was able to learn about the basic building blocks that anyone learni
Read more…For my third cultural post, I looked into the Changdeokgung (창덕궁 - 昌德宮 - royal palace) located in Seoul. The palace is a UNESCO world heritage site and a historic site of South Korea, and it is one of the best preserved royal palaces in Korea. The pa
Read more…So far this semester, I have done a lot of learning and gained a lot of insight into the art of learning. The art of learning a language is something that I never thought would be a course taught in college. I assumed you had to have the IQ of Einste
Read more…For my second cultural post, I looked at the Gold Crowns of Silla (신라 금관). The crowns are a collection of royal crowns from the early Silla period, which was one of the three Korean kingdoms, and it existed between 57 BCE to 935 CE. The crowns are cl
Read more…Portuguese belongs to the Romance language family along with languages like Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and French. There are lots of similarities with the Spanish language as seen in verb conjugations ( yo + verb uses o ending, eu + verb also uses o
Read more…A language goes extinct when people no longer try to speak it or learn it, or it can also go extinct when all of the population who speak the language become deceased and are left with no other surviving members that could preserve it. Linguists can
Read more…If I received a research grant to study the Korean language and culture, I would focus on how politeness and hierarchy shape communication in modern Korea. I am fascinated by how grammar reflects social structure—how honorific endings, speech levels,
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