What interests me about my target culture is the history of music that exists in the country of Ghana. From a music anthropology perspective, tracing the roots of genres like Highlife and Afrobeat to current day Hip Hop is a great joy of mine. Music
Read more…The phonetic inventory of Twi is very interesting because it relies on many of the same letters that english does, but shortens and elongates sounds to have very different meanings. “Agorɔ”, “kyerɛ” are words that include letters that do not exist in
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The reading was especially challenging but helpful to understanding which elements of language study I would have to place special attention on to improve my language capability in Twi. Applied linguistics and its practicality is the approach to my l
In Figuring Foreigners Out, the article reflects on the different aspects of a culture that makes us able to differentiate them from one another. Within the text, the main ideas surround whether cultures are individualistic or collectivist, monochron
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
Read more…For these last two week of SDLAP 112 lecture, I met with my language partner Somyung and Joon over Zoom on Friday. We started off our lessons once again by talking about how our weeks were in Korean. To change things up a little, we continued the tre
Read more…This week began with a rather scary assignment for Bahasa Indonesia- we took a brief A1 exam before moving into A2 concepts! The exam wasn’t as scary as I was afraid of, but my vocabulary is still lacking in this language. I need to start paying more
Read more…Well we’re still chugging along! The stress of the past two weeks of midterms, Fulbright deadline, and a few other crazy projects have impeded on my independent learning time for Bahasa Indonesia, which I rather regret. Not having the time to review
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
Read more…1) Read: NYT “Tribe Revives Language on Verge of Extinction”
2) Watch the 2007 Interview with David Harrison, “When Languages Die.”
How do languages go extinct? Respond to the readings, and reflect on what happens when a language dies? How can lingu
Read more…Go back and watch the recording of your presentation of your learning plan on the class PanOpto collection on Blackboard. Comment briefly on how things are going. What has changed? How have you incorporated materials and insights from class into your
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
Read more…For these last two week of SDLAP 112 lecture, I met with my language partner Somyung and Joon over Zoom on Friday. We started off our lessons once again by talking about how our weeks were in Korean. This was in an effort to start practicing one of o
Read more…Hebrew belongs to the Canaanite group of languages. Canaanite languages are a branch of the Northwest Semitic family of languages. First, the language is closely related to Phoenician and Moabite, which are in a Canaanite subgroup. The history of the
Read more…Due by 5pm on Sunday, October 11: Discussion Post #6
Reflect on the history of your target language. To what language family does it belong? What sounds, words, and structures exemplify periods of contact with other cultures? How do these considerat
Read more…Language becomes extinct as people stop using them but also when there is a fight for power. When the English came in to America and took over the land they forced few of the tribes to adapt their ways by sending the Indian children to boarding schoo
Read more…My target language is Korean which was divided into two dialects: Puyo and Han. Puyo was spoken in Manchuria and northern Korea, while Han was spoken in the southern Korea. The south theorize that it belongs to a language family of Austronesian lang
Read more…Do some preliminary research on what interests you about the target culture and describe how this topic relates to language. Do you need any special vocabulary or linguistic knowledge to engage this topic? If so, have you included objectives in your
Read more…Looking back at my learning plan presentation I figured out that i had too many goals and made my plan a lot difficult to accomplish just in one semester. I have not applied my plan yet because I am going to learn Korean from second semester but I th
Read more…From September 30th to October 2 Chuseok or the Korean "Thanksgiving" or "Autumn Harvest Festival" has passed. It is a harvest festival celebrated in many parts of Asia, which mainly consists of celebrating with family and honoring their ancestors. I
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