This week, I had my first meeting with my learning partner, Vivian. This semester I will be having one on one lessons with her. We were able to meet and discuss around eleven to twelve learning topics and initial ideas we had to put together a genera
Read more…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, generalizations, and opinions expressed in the reading that you find
Read more…Basically, the graph in page 9 is a wheel-like structure of languages. The core matter of it is phonetics, and other elements like phonology, syntax, semantics, or pragmatics are radiated to the outside. The way I see it is that the graph is more lik
Read more…It is important to understand that what we mean by language is not merely what coming out of one’s mouth or what we hear. Language helps communicate, but is speaking the only way to convey messages? Same as what the reading noted, language is a huge
Read more…It is interesting that I only knew that our brain is consisted of two hemispheres, the left one and the right one, but I had never paid attention to the fact that nerves were crossed between two hemispheres. Thus, there is no question that problems w
Read more…For this week, I wanted to start diving deeper into topics that I did not know so that I could have more questions to ask my tutor about during our next couple of meetings. One suggestion that a student that I received from one of my friends is to le
Read more…One thing that has still been frustrating this week has been getting all of my alphabet sounds right. Learning about them in class and their structure made me want to go back and pay more attention than I had initially planned to. I realized midway t
Read more…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
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…In its brief 200-year history, ASL has made incredible advancements while having to withstand a series of controversies. The first records of signed languages date back to the 17th century. American Sign Language (ASL) has its roots in the French sig
Read more…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…Having been delayed since its November 2020 release date, Godzilla vs Kong finally came out in theatres March of 2021. The movie starred two deaf actresses, Millie Bobby Brown who is best known for her character Eleven in popular Netflix sci-fi show
Read more…Since I covered Tihar in my last cultural post, it is only right for me to cover Dashain for my final cultural post.
Dashain, the longest Hindu festival in Nepal, is celebrated over the span of two weeks. For Nepalis, Dashain is a time for get toge
Read more…Other than Korean history, I also learned more about the national holiday in Korea. There is a special one that is different from what I expect which is Children's day. Children’s day is a way for Korea to celebrate the children of the country. It’s
Read more…How do languages go extinct? Respond to the readings, and reflect on what happens when a language dies? How can linguists help preserve a language? Can a ‘dead’ language ever be brought back to life? What efforts are currently underway to document li
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