What kinds of structures do you observe in your language of study?
In Mandarin, I've observed basic syntactic structure. It follows SVO word order. I've also noticed morphological/grammatical words that modify sentences. Ma at the end of a sentence tu
Read more…In my study of Korean, I observe a highly systematic and multi-layered set of language structures that closely align with the diagram presented on page 9 of Aitchison’s linguistics, which conceptualizes language as an interconnected system composed
Overall, I predominantly agree with the assessments presented in Figuring Foreigners Out and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, particularly their analyses of individualism versus collectivism, high- versus low-context communication, and cultural attitu
Read more…My goal is to improve my proficiency in Korean while deepening my understanding of Korean culture. I focus on task-based learning activities that combine language practice in writing (grammar), allowing me to actively use Korean in real-life contexts
Read more…The readings on language learning and the relationship between language and the brain prompted me to reconsider the complexity of language acquisition and the factors that shape how languages are learned and used. Rather than presenting language as a
Read more…Over the past week, my Korean language learning has focused on understanding phonological sound change rules and the different uses of Korean particles (agglutinative markers). Specifically, I studied common sound changes such as liaison, tense conso
Read more…In ASL, two levels of the four-level langauge model are observable (ie. phonetics, phonology, grammar, and semantics) which are grammar and semantics. Though, I think phonology may be present in the language as well except, instead of particular soun
Read more…The diagram of Aitchison’s linguistics starts from pragmatics, which means using language contextually. This can also look like social rules or phrases that shape a language’s meaning and culture, beyond just the words themselves. For Hebrew, I think
Read more…While studying the Korean constants, I noticed that it has a constant phonology because the “j” and the “ch” sound similar. As well as the vowels “yeo” and “eo” sound the same. Different disciplines can be useful to see a holistic understanding becau
Read more…Chinese primarily follows the same subject-verb-object structure as English, but I am still learning the different ways in which words can be arranged. For example, in some cases, I can signify having completed an action by adding the word “le” after
Read more…Russian has several structures within the language including but not limited to phonetics, phonology, grammar, semantics, and physical forms.
Currently, I am working on looking at Russian from several perspectives. While I most rely on the basics fou
Read more…I just finished my first ASL lesson with Kimmi Kraus on iTalki. Immediately it was clear she has been teaching ASL for years, as we spent the first 30 minutes of our lesson creating a collaborative lesson plan and organizing the structure of our futu
Read more…The main ideas behind the pieces that we read are that our languages differ in more ways than just our words. Yes, if we do not know someone’s language, it may be difficult to talk to them, but it is also difficult to fully communicate with someone w
Read more…I predominantly agree with the assessments in Figuring Foreigners Out in terms of the points it makes around key cultural differences being rooted in individualistic vs collectivist values, differences in nonverbal communication norms and assignments
Read more…I have organized my self-directed learning plan using a combination of music, Memrize, and weekly 30 minutes - 1 hour iTalki Conversational Spanish lessons. My interest in becoming (eventually) fluent in Spanish has been prompted by the upper level S
Read more…Due by 5pm on Sunday, September 15: Discussion Post #2 on the Ning
Summarize some of the main ideas behind Figuring Foreigners Out and the Hofstede Dimensions of Culture. Do you predominantly agree with these assessments? Are there any statements, ge
Read more…Attached is my learning plan (though it will change slightly as my language learning partner has also created a learning plan for me): ASL Learning Plan
I formatted it similarly to my past syllabi for language learnign classes, as I'm a person who nee
Read more…Figuring Foreginers Out was an interesting read, especially the sections on monochronic time and polychronic time and high and low context communication. While I don't have much experience with the former, as a writing consultant in the Academic Skil
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