Qajar Gender and Sexuality
I first became interested in the Qajar Persian dynasty after I met a man in a café in Baku on one of my last days of CLS. I was speaking English with the owner, over chay and mantu when he came up to me and started speakin
After getting settled back home I have tried to make time in my week for Korean to keep some consistency. Although I already knew that I much prefer in-person classes over online this was especially true for my SDLC meetings with Jannette. While I am
Read more…Hi everyone,
This is Mallory and I's podcast interview with Jannette, our language partner. Thank you so much for watching and for an awesome semester!
Link: https://youtu.be/RUQW69nErvg
Read more…Reflecting on my work in Persian
When I began Persian this semester, I was only familiar with the alphabet, which I had learned the semester earlier in Arabic. While I could pronounce these letters pretty well. I learned that Persians could not (joke
Read more…It is hard to believe that this is my last journal log for the semester (and thus of my college career), but I take some solace in the fact that there is plenty to write in it. I will try to avoid being sentimental until the last few lines of this po
Read more…These two weeks of spring break have thrown my SDLC plans (and the entire world) off! This was a wildly hectic time as we all left for spring break and then Coronavirus changed everything. Due to this, I was unable to meet with Jannette during this t
Read more…Phones are unitary segments of sound or speech. The phonetic inventory of Persian languages consists of different types of phones including consonants and vowels. The Persian language has six vowels and two diphthongs. Diphthongs are a combination of
Read more…This iteration of the bi-weekly language learning journal is more of a tri-weekly one, given the extra week of break because of the coronavirus outbreak (and the post is admittedly coming a little late as well because of my energy being expended towa
Read more…At our last class, we reviewed the “useful expressions” worksheet and started practicing having conversations based on the worksheet. Ms. Kim selected a couple of phrases she thinks would be useful when visiting Korea. When purchasing goods, I could
Read more…During my first week with my language partner, Hazal, I watched multiple videos on YouTube about Turkish foods, delights, and places to visit. As Hazal asked me questions about the country and its culture, I realized that I did not know much about ei
Read more…Korean folklore is tales derived from different traditions and religions, such as Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity. Among those, Shamanism explains the world through supernatural beings such as spirits and ghosts, with a belief tha
Read more…“Turkish Stereotypes”
This week, as I was exploring Turkish culture, I came upon a Youtube video regarding Turkish,lf` stereotypes. I thought the video was interesting because I know very little regarding Turkish cultu
Read more…During the two weeks of spring break, I did not meet with my language partner due to the chaotic time. However, I did spend a lot of time reviewing Hangul, subject particles, and common phrases I had learned before break which I mentioned in previous
Read more…Hello~
I have attached my audio podcast interview with Jenna. We used Facetime and I recorded using my phone, so I apologize that the quality isn't ideal! Thank you for a wonderful semester of SDLAP! :)
Read more…Hi,
I have included my podcast interview with my language partner Jannette and my other group member Priyanka below. Thank you for watching and for a great semester of SDLC!
Link: https://youtu.be/RUQW69nErvg
Read more…In this week’s class, we started on learning “useful expressions.” This includes greetings, self-introduction, simple questions and more. With this worksheet, I plan to learn how to start some basic daily conversation and learn more words through pra
Read more…Over the past two weeks, I have continued to focus on terms for physiology/anatomy and associated verbs and actions, with a particular emphasis on the latter. It is interesting how many cultural insights studying this alone can yield; for instance, t
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