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
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 lesson by talking about how our weeks were in Korean. This was in an effort to start practicing one of our goals for
Read more…I want to learn Korean in order to communicate in a business scenario as well as to interact with people my age while attending Yonsei. During my time studying abroad, I want to find an internship related to my interest in business so I would have to
Read more…These past weeks I have set myself a closer long-term goal and decided to apply for Study Abroad next Spring Semester 2021! I decided to make this decision since originally before COVID-19 my plan was to go next semester and then go to either Bocconi
Read more…When I did some preliminary research about my target culture I found some interesting facts. I found out that Koreans believe that direct eye contact during a conversation shows boldness however it is very impolite to have a conversation avoiding eye
Read more…I have really been enjoying the new weekly schedule with Farida. Meeting three times a week and doing my independent study of the language for the other two days is much less stressful and easier to balance than meeting for five times each week. Our
Read more…Korean phonetics is based on Hangul. Korean has 19 consonant phonemes and there are three segments which are: plain, tense, and aspirated. Korean consonants also have three principal positional allophones: initial, medial, and final. As for vowels, K
Read more…Korean is a really unique language in which phonetics makes up the entire writing system, so in order to speak or read you need to have a firm understanding of phonetics. A historical tall tale on how the Hangul, the Korean writing system, was create
Read more…For these two week of SDLAP 112 lecture, I met with my language partner Somyung and Joon over Zoom last week and this week. We started off our lesson by talking about how our weeks were in Korean. This was in an effort to start practicing one of our
Read more…For the last week, I have been continuing my indulgence in Vietnamese media at the urging of my study partner. However, I have moved on from musical entertainment and reality television to something like the food network. Logan and I have been watchi
Read more…1) Read G. Hudson, “Phonetics” in Essential Introductory Linguistics, pp. 20-42.
Describe the phonetic inventory of your target language. Are there sounds in your language that don’t exist in American English? If so, provide several words and corres
Read more…Describe the phonetic inventory of your target language. Are there sounds in your language that don’t exist in American English? If so, provide several words and their phonetic transcriptions of words as examples to support your argument. What do you
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