The Hofstede Dimensions of Culture talks of six basic issues the society needs to address in order for the society to become organized. The dimensions are measured among countries and groups of countries around the world. The first dimension is indiv
Read more…During the past week, we have celebrated the Lunar New Year. The Korean New Year falls on the same day as the Chinese New Year, which is on January 25th this year. Korean New Year, 설, is one of the most important traditional Korean holidays. Seol, is
Read more…For the past week, my partner and I have spent more time on free talks. He often has me explain things like classwork, cooking direction, work duties, and et cetera to him to the best of my ability. Then he would fix whatever he feels would have been
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Different people have different personal identities due to the different in their culture. Personal identities generally span between the extreme ranges of collectivism or individualism. Since no culture will be neither purely
Read more…This week, my language partner, Brenda, and I reviewed the alphabet that we learned last time. I also learned how to properly write the consonants. There is a certain order in writing the consonants.
This week we learned the vowels. There are ten vo
Read more…This past week I met with Gabi for the first time. We established what we would make the course look like. Essentially, I will work on grammar and vocabulary and reading on my own, and go over topics I have confusion with, with Gabi. This past week s
Read more…Figuring Foreigners Out focused on five different notions within cultures. The first one was the concept of individualism and collectivism. It’s claimed that those who are individualistic, don’t necessarily see group membership as an essential block
Read more…The reading talks about different dimensions of culture that put them into different categories, individualist vs. collectivist, Nonverbal communication, Monochronic vs. polychronic, Internal vs. external, and direct vs. indirect communication to exp
Read more…One thing I really appreciate about SDLC program is the flexibility of the curriculum. While at first it seemed daunting and a bit intimidating, I think I have really grown to enjoy this freedom. I have enjoyed language classes in the past but didn’t
Read more…Due by 5pm on Sunday, February 2: 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, gene
Read more…I do not think the brain’s function in language using is a purely biological phenomenon. Language is created by humans in order to communicate with other people. I have watched a Ted Talk about how language shapes the way we think, in the video the s
Read more…“How the brain handles language” focused on the structures and the functions of the human brain in its relation to the role of language. It showed that there are different structures that work together to send signals and transmit messages, allowing
Read more…In this week’s Turkish meetings, we have worked from the exercise book Hazal has chosen, translated passages, listened to music, and edited writings I had made. I have also tried to speak mostly in Turkish during the meetings.
The exercise book whi
Read more…In this week’s korean lesson, we watched a little bit of 예능, a korean variety show, with the title kang’s restaurant (강식당) season 2. We started off with this article in order to get some context for words we are going to learn and use in normal every
Read more…I remember going over topics such as ingroup and outgroup in psychology class last year, but we talked about it by looking into one society. Through Figuring Foreigners Out, I thought the most intriguing culture differences was the concept of individ
Read more…I had my first Korean lesson with Ms. Sumi Kim this week. We first started by discussing what sparked our interest in Korean and what would be the goals for us this semester. Personally I want to be able to converse in basic Korean by the end of the
Read more…My Learning Plan
Learner Name: Mallory Haskins |
Semester: Spring 2020 |
Language: Korean |
Course: SDLC 105 and 110 |
Where are you now? What can you do? What do you know?
Use the Levels of Competence document and the LinguaFolio® checklists to
Read more…My Learning Plan
Learner Name: Alana Dickson |
Semester: Spring 2020 |
Language: Portuguese |
Course: SDLC 105 & 110 |
Where are you now? What can you do? What do you know?
Use the Levels of Competence document and the LinguaFolio® checklists to
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