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If I got a research grant to study Chinese, I’d focus on how tones actually affect understanding in real spoken conversation. When learning, tones feel like everything, but I wonder if native speakers rely more on context than perfect pronunciation,
Read more…Self-Directed Korean Language Journal #1
For my self-directed Korean language study, I watched the first three episodes of Culinary Class War Season 2 on Netflix. I wanted to engage with Korean as it is used naturally while also learning about Korean food culture, which is an area I find pe
Read more…Cultural Artifact #3 - Parasite (기생충)
The film Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho, left a strong impression on me because of how it portrays class differences in a subtle but powerful way. At first, I thought it would simply be a story about two families from different economic backgroun
Read more…Cultural Post #2
Over spring break last year, I went to South Korea and decided to get each of my family members a gift from there. My dad has always been interested in masks and skulls, and these are two things I have seen in a lot of different cultures. When I went
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If I received a research grant to conduct a linguistic study focused on ASL, I would first establish strong connections with members of the Deaf community and relevant organizations. Building trust and ensuring ethical research practices would be ess
Read more…Cultural Artifact 3
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For this cultural post, I wanted to investigate the Silk Road and its historical significance, as it is a topic I have often heard referenced as incred
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Last semester, one of my classes included readings on the development of Chinese “super-apps”, and one of the most consistent recommendations I have received for traveling abroad was to download apps like WeChat and Alipay before leaving to be prepar
Read more…Cultural Artifact
For my last cultural artifact, I wanted to choose something bigger than a single object. So instead of doing one singular thing, I want to talk about the Old City of Jerusalem. Although this is quite a large city, it feels impossible to talk about th
Read more…Cultural Post #4
I have recently been enjoying Korean music so I am focusing on the twelfth season of Mnet’s flagship hip-hop survival show, Show Me The Money 12 (SMTM12), which aired from January to April 2026. After a three-year hiatus, the show returned with a rec
Read more…Cultural Post #3
For this post, I am analyzing the studio album ARIRANG, released by BTS on March 20, 2026. This album serves as a landmark "authentic artifact" because it represents the group’s first collective creative output following their mandatory military serv
Read more…Culture #2
The LIttle Prince is one of my favorite tale of all time. The Korean musical adaptation of The Little Prince (어린 왕자), based on the original novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and performed in South Korea with Korean lyrics and dialogue.
The Korean mu
Read more…Cultural Artifact #3
I decided to research the Gyeongbokgung Palace because I visited it with my friends on a trip. From the outside you can see how beautiful the palace and the architecture is. I could easily tell that this was an important place to those in the area an
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This project explores the fundamental link between the Korean language and the cultural values of collectivism and Confucian hierarchy. In Korean society, communication is "relative"—the words one chooses are dictated by their social standing compare
Read more…Cultural Artifact Post #3
When I arrived in Malang in the fall of 2024 for my Boren Scholarship, I had a rough first few weeks of adjustment. It was a new city, with new food, and a new set of germs my immune system was not accustomed to. I came down with something that felt
Read more…Language Learning Journal #3: March
Over the past month, my primary goals have been rebuilding conversational fluency in Indonesian and expanding my active vocabulary, especially the kind of recall that comes under pressure in real conversation. My sessions with Mbak Hesti have continu
Read more…Discussion #10
If I were awarded a research grant, I would investigate "The Negotiation of Social Distance in Digital Korean." As a mid-level learner from a Chinese linguistic background, I am fascinated by how the rigid social hierarchies of the Korean language tr
Discussion #8
Languages go extinct when communities stop using them in daily life, often due to pressure from dominant languages, colonization, globalization, or lack of institutional support. The video and reading both highlight how younger generations may shift
Read more…Learning Language Journal
Right now, learning Hebrew is going well, although it definitely has some challenges. One of the biggest issues for me so far has been the alphabet. Unlike English, Hebrew uses an entirely different alphabet, with new letters and symbols that I am st
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