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
Read more…I wanted to use my 3rd cultural post to revisit Malaysian politics and discuss a little bit about the monumental shift in government that transpired at the end of February this year. Tun Mahathir Mohamad ('Tun' is an honorary title) had ruled over Ma
Read more…Given that I am currently interning at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in the East Asia Exhibit, I thought it could be worthwhile to focus on the state of art in Malaysia for my second cultural artifact. In particular, I am interested in exploring h
Read more…Given that I have received a research grant to conduct a linguistic study of Dari in Afghanistan, I would investigate the following question:
What do different dialects of Farsi spoken in Afghanistan tell about the political and social power dynamic
Read more…I learned how to write in Persian early on in life. However, it had been a few years since I last wrote in Persian. My language partner, Zari, made writing a major part of our learning plan. So after most of our lessons, I am assigned to write a shor
Read more…Dr. Harrison points out a few factors that contribute to languages going extinct. These factors include the passing away of the elderly who practice the language. As a result, this contributes to a lack of speakers to speak and continue the language.
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