How do languages go extinct? Respond to the reading, reflecting on what happens when a language dies.
Languages go extinct when the language is no longer spoken or passed down from generation to generation. This mainly happens with langua
Read more…This week my language partner taught me how to ask for time, how to give time, and one verb, waycu (to cook). We facetimed for this lesson again, began with a short drill session that counted as my quiz, and then began by learning new phrases and wor
Read more…Reflect on how knowing a language’s history can help you learn the language.
I think this is very important to know, especially if the target language had a history of colonialism. In particular, Quechua existed before the Spaniards came
Read more…This week my language partner decided to take the time to have a “midterm” because he was worried at the amount of new words I had learned. My language partner thought we were going too fast and should slow down a bit. This was also the first week th
Read more…Do some preliminary research on what most interests you about the target culture, and describe how this topic relates to language.
I am interested in the ayni (sharing) aspect of the Quechua culture because of its economic and political e
Read more…This week we learned about foods, colors, and the verb comprar (to buy), which in Quechua is rantir. We have been conducting all of our lessons through the phone so far and my uncle will repeat phrases with me as well as ask me about past lessons. Be
Read more…Describe the phonetic inventory of your target language. Are there sounds in your language that don't exist in English? Provide several phonetic transcriptions of important words.
I would describe the phonetic inventory of Quechua as pri
Read more…This week my language partner and I focused on family members and numbers. I found this week to be fairly easy because my goal was to be able to identify Quechua words in these subjects immediately after being asked. Through practice, I was able to m
Read more…How would you qualify or describe different aspects of your target culture? Reflect and your own experiences and expectations of the culture in question.
I would describe Quechua culture to be an interplay of community, food, dance, music
Read more…This week my language partner and I worked on how to communicate distance, learned the phrases for different types of houses, and nationalistic words used. I did not intend to learn this, but my uncle suggested I do so because of recent events in Bol
Read more…How have you organized your self-directed learning plan, and what have you learned so far? How will your studies allow you to investigate your target language and culture more deeply?
Currently, most of my learning plan focuses on learn
Read more…I decided to begin my Quechua language learning experience by learning common phrases such as the greetings, introductions, and basic questions. My uncle, my language partner, decided to challenge me on during this first lesson and also taught me the
Read more…Through the assigned readings, I learned a lot about how the brain works to form speech and also the mechanisms by which we learn language. My favorite part about the reading was how the speed of our speech can sometimes trick our brain to thinking w
Read more…This week we learned and corrected common grammatical errors that even fluent Korean speakers make. sdlc%203.png
Read more…I have learned about Korean culture with my language partner, Joora. I learned a lot of history that I did not know before this semester. For example, we discussed many of the controversial historic events, such as “Comfort Women”, Dokdo, and the Ind
Read more…I learned a lot about Korean history. One aspect of Korean history I was extremely interested in was the history of Dokdo. I was also extremely interested in the history of the Korean Independence movement. Teacher Joora ordered easy-to-understand bo
Read more…We went on a field trip to Grand Mart and experienced how to order and communicate with each other and other Koreans. It was nice having fellow students as fellow Korean learning students. We taught each other phrases or uses of words we did not know
Read more…I watched a Korean movie called “I Can Speak”. It was describing the relationship of a young man and an old grandma. The old grandma was known to be a bit stubborn and hot tempered. Little did people know, she was a “comfort woman”. During the Korean
Read more…This semester I wanted to polish my overall Korean skills. I wanted to focus deeply on history and culture. I hope to explore these topics through books, articles, and cultural artifacts such as movies. I hope to learn more about Korean history and d
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