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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…Growing up, I was introduced to multiple different languages and was expected to learn those languages simultaneously. Growing up in Nepal, I was learning Nepali and English at school alongside Newari, which is the languages spoken by a smaller group
Read more…As someone who moved to the United States at the age of 9, a big aspect of Nepali culture that I personally feel that I missed out on has been the Nepali folk culture. In many cases, especially the smaller towns and villages, folk displays of art suc
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…What is the difference between sound and spelling? Why is this distinction significant for your language-learning efforts? Describe the phonetic inventory of your target language. Are there sounds in your language that don’t exist in American English
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…Refer to the diagram on page 9 in Aitchison’s linguistics. How do you combine different disciplinary perspectives to formulate a more holistic understanding of your target language? Do you give preference to one disciplinary approach over the others?
Read more…Refer to the diagram on page 9 in Aitchison’s linguistics. How do you combine different disciplinary perspectives to formulate a more holistic understanding of your target language? Do you give preference to one disciplinary approach over the others?
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…Having read D.Crystal’s “How to Investigate Language Structure” and Jean Aitchison’s “Aitchison’s Linguistics,” I am now more knowledgeable about the discipline of linguistics as a whole as well as its many sub-divisions or strata—namely phonetics
Read more…In “Figuring Foreigners Out”, the authors write about how each culture is unique based around five fundamental metrices. It is noted that people/groups within cultures will have some variations around the spectrum based on circumstances and the in
Read more…See learning plan template, but enhance and elaborate, as needed. What kind of learner are you? How do you study effectively? What tasks and goals are most important to you?
In addition to posting your learning plan to the Ning, provide brief commen
Read more…Reflect on the readings. Do you have any questions about the texts? Are there any claims that you find problematic? Do you think language is a purely biological phenomenon? What parts of the brain are most important for the production and comprehensi
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Ultimate Goal
My end goal for this course is to be able to properly be able to read and write in Nepali. While that sounds like a daunting task to be able to complete in just a couple of weeks, I want to break it down into small measura
Read more…In Figuring Foreigners Out, there are many topics that are covered in regards to the topics of perception, more specifically how different cultures perceive time, communication both verbal and non-verbal, the idea of individualism, and topics of what
Read more…This week, I had my first meeting with my learning partner, Somyung Kim. 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
Read more…In second grade, I moved to America from South Korea due to my dad’s work. I started attending school without knowing any English, and the school placed me in an ESL program. The ESL program helped me become proficient in English in three years. One
Read more…Reflect on your previous experiences as a language learner. What did you enjoy? What did you dislike? Think about the FIRE model and the surveys you have just completed. What kind of learner are you? What kinds of language learning activities suit yo
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