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
Read more…I wasn’t able to start my language learning this semester. However, through this class I was able to gain a new understanding in language learning. It was fascinating to learn how our diaphragm, glottis, and tongue push or pull the airstream to make
Read more…This is my last language learning journal! I can’t believe this semester is over already, and yet it also seems like it’s been so long! My last two weeks of learning Bahasa Indonesia went by so very fast, too. We spent a lot of time reviewing materia
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For my cultural journal this week, I’m going to talk about the culture and lives of young Indonesian people! I learned that Indonesian teenagers listen to a lot of Western music, especially Pop and RAP, which sounds fairly similar to most American
Read more…This last week of Portuguese has gone by so fast! It was hard to believe that we had really reached the end of the timeline that we had made in the beginning. I started Portuguese with more or less the same amount of vocabulary and knowledge that I h
Read more…Our final conversation with my Language Partner Janette, I had a wonderful experience in SDLC this semester!
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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…How have you started writing in the target language? Do you prefer to type or write free hand? Have you started to see patterns emerge in the structures between words, clauses, and sentences? What is the relationship between simple and complex senten
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