Christopher J Meike
SDLC 105
September 13, 2019
Christopher J. Meike learning plan:
Like Gual, my Turkish language deficiency can be divided into three parts:
My language background to date can be broken up into who sections, the pursuit of Latin and the pursuit of Ottoman.
Starting in seventh grade, I began my courses in Latin. I ended them in Senior year of high school in a library doing my first and o
Read more…Due by 5:00pm on Sunday, September 8: Discussion Post #1 on the Ning
Reflect on the readings. Do you have any questions about the texts? Are there any claims that you find problematic? Do you think language is a purely biological phenomenon? What par
Read more…The first reading discussed the composition of the brain, and the biology of language learning. The article analyzed the characteristics of specific parts of the brain, and how each individual parts contributes in forming our language learning abilit
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Tornado warning pro/cons:
Cons: You get rudely woken up in the middle of the night by one of the biggest storms you've ever experienced in your life.
Pros: You remember that you forgot to upload the learning journal
Read more…I learned about new taste words to describe food and texture. Some words don't exist in English, like "ddulbda" which is a specific unripe taste, and "gosohada" which is a smooth, nutty texture and taste. We also learned how to correctly address serv
Read more…I worked on reading and listening skills by reading the short story "A farmer and three sons" together in Korean. I compiled a list of unknown words in my journal and made sample sentences to practice using the words in context. I had Seonghye check
Read more…I learned how to appropriately agree or disagree with a statement in Korean. For example, depending on how I say "Isn't it hot?", I can either respond about the content or about the statement itself. I thought this was difficult to wrap my head aroun
Read more…Cultural Post Five:
I really like this picture, pulled from Hurriyet Daily News (a Turkish news website). It depicts the world’s largest “carpet” of live tulips, in Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul. The pattern represents Turkish rugs, one of Turkey’
Read more…Cultural Post One:
Because Turkish uses the Latin alphabet, I’m finding it easier to learn than a character-based language. The Latin alphabet was only introduced, however, in 1928 under the rule of Ataturk, who wanted to westernize much of Turkey’s
Read more…I usually practice writing grammar-related things in my notebook (writing out verbs for each pronoun, etc.) so that I can use proper grammar when I write full sentences. Recently, I've been trying to write down what I do each day in a journal to help
Read more…If I received a research grant to study the Korean language, I would like to research the evolution of current Korean slang and how words are created over time. Recently, I noticed that people are starting to become more open-minded to the creation o
Read more…It’s been a minute since I wrote a learning journal! I had to look back and see what I last wrote about to remind myself!
I am flying, if I do say so myself, through the textbook Merve’s using. We’re just starting Unit 4, which is where she said
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