For my last Korean class, Ms. Kim and I worked on practicing daily conversations and learning grammar. I have been learning verb endings for a while. The endings would be differentiated by both the time (past/present/future) and the politeness level
Read more…A language go extinct when nobody in the world is able to speak, read, and write the language anymore. I have studied Native American History before, and many native American languages have already extinct. What happened to the native American langua
Read more…I am a huge fan of movies and TV shows and in the past few years, I have started to watch Korean movies and TV shows. There are a lot of good movies in Korea, and at the same time, those movies address social issues and Korean history. For example, t
Read more…After going back and watch the recording of my presentation of my learning plan, I think I have been following my learning plan pretty well. So far, I have covered the Korean Alphabet, self-introduction, and easy daily phrases. Other than learning la
Read more…Korean Language is the language of the Korean Peninsula in northeast Asia. It is believed that the ancestors of the Korean people arrived in the Korean peninsula and in Manchuria around 4000 BC. There are many theories about the origin and affiliatio
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In my video, I teach the very basics of conjugating in Korean in the informal polite speech form. I ended up having so much to say that I actually made two versions of the video where one is a little longer and has more detailed explanat
Read more…I think the biggest insight I gained as a language learner I how my past language learning experience was able to help me to learn a new language. I took Japanese for 4 semesters and really enjoyed Suzuki Sensei’s class. I wanted to continue but I ha
Read more…For this cultural post, I wanted to dive into korean music. More specifically, korean hip hop. When someone says korean music the first thought that will appear to most people is kpop. These people will most likely talk about and know many different
Read more…The Persian language (Farsi) belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. However, within this family, it specifically belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch. While Farsi is the official language of Iran, there are other varieties that are spoken in
Read more…For this cultural post, I would like to talk about a film that I was able to enjoy during the extra time I was granted due to this hectic semester from the effects of coronavirus called “택시운전사” or “A Taxi Driver”. This film centers around events that
Read more…I am interested in learning more about Persian dance, a distinct part of the Iranian culture. Due to the negative stigma associated with dancing in some Middle Eastern countries, there is limited information on this form of dance. Regardless, dance i
Read more…The COVID 19 outbreak
During the COVID 19 outbreak, South Korea was one of the countries got affected by the disease. By now there are 10738 total cases in Korea, but daily new cases have already dropped to less than 15 per day. Korea was able to
Read more…The Korean celebration of Chuseok
Chuseok (추석), also known as Hangawi (the 15th day of August according to the lunar calendar) is a major festival and a three-day holiday in both North and South Korea. Korean usually celebrate Chuseok by making a kin
Read more…Here's the link to the podcast that Mehreen and I recorded with Melisa earlier today:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12uw8_kvPqbxnhkd65DFdcBrRkEiN3AFs/view?usp=sharing
Read more…For our last two weeks, Logan and I started focusing on historical studies in preparations for my final cultural presentation. Our activities now focus on different regions in Vietnam. The country is historically divided into three main regions: Nort
Read more…In this week’s class, we reviewed consonants and vowels and practiced combining them together to spell out different words. Ms. Kim wrote the vowels in a row and showed us how they would sound like when combined with different consonants. We learned
Read more…In the spirit of Lunar New Year this past weekend, I want to talk about traditional Vietnamese fashion. Traditionally speaking, Vietnamese fashion was heavily influenced by Chinese’s style clothing. The most famous style today is arguably the modern
Read more…The topics that Melisa and I have been working on most closely as of late are 'Tubuh Badan' (body parts). This is an essential part of learning any language, and I have made sure to pay special attention to how reduplication does or does not affect t
Read more…In this biweekly reflection I will write about some more 맞춤법 or Korean grammar that we did not get to touch on in class, 훈민정음 the correct and proper sounds of the Korean language, and 한글날 or Korea Day.In order to keep with tradition, I now watch a li
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