Greetings, farewells, introductions
Hello (peace be upon you), my name is Aheema. I am a student at University of Richmond. I will be graduating in three months and then be working for a year. Afterward, I will be completing higher education. Thank y
Read more…Cultural Topic of Your Choice
I learned basic survival skills. For instance, the words for water (pani), restroom (gushul khana), and phone (dhur-basho). I have learned sentence structure as well. If I want to say “I want water” it would be “Ami pani
Read more…State your learning goals for this week and how you went about accomplishing these goals.
I have organized my self-directed learning plan to focus on speaking and listening. I have been listening to my Spotify playlist and it has helped me greatly un
Read more…In addition to discussing the resources (see above), outline how you have begun to work on your first language tasks.
I have bookmarked many different sites to help me in my learning. BYKI has been discontinued, but I think it would have been a great
Read more…Second Cultural Post: Formality and Informality in Target Language
After speaking to my language partner I learned that Bengali could be spoken in informal and formal language. Informal language is often used with friends or those who are very close
Read more…In “How the Brain Handles Language,” Crystal D. states the area of the brain cortex that relates to the ability to speak is the Broca’s area. The area that relates to the ability to comprehend speech is the Wernicke’s area. The readings also discuss
Read more…What is your interest in 'your' language and what do you hope to accomplish this semester?
This upcoming summer I hope to go to Bangladesh and volunteer at a nursing home. In order to communicate with the residents, I would need to be able to have at
Read more…Summarize your assessment and goals in a blog post in your learning journal and on the first page of your learning plan.
Observing the “Levels of Competence” document I have categorized myself as a novice learner and my goal is to become intermediate
Read more…When given the opportunity, I have always tried my best to learn a new language. Growing up I had a lot of Indian friends who spoke Hindi. I watched a lot of Bollywood movies and overheard a lot of their conversations with their families, all which f
Read more…While practicing for my final assessment with my language partner, I talked about various aspects of my Study Abroad experience. Study%20Abroad.m4a
Read more…I was practice for my final assessment with my language partner, so I talked about my favorite festival Holi. Festival%20Of%20Holi.m4a
Read more…Reflect on your experiences as a language teacher and learning in this latest speed-dating workshop. What difficulties did you encounter?
I did not encounter many difficulties teaching the language since I was prepared with a presentation. However,
Read more…How do languages go extinct? Respond to the reading, reflecting on what happens when a language dies.
In today's society, languages go extinct when one language or a few main languages are used in most forms of global communication. For example, the
Read more…This week Atul and I only met for 1-1.5 hours since we both had busy schedules. This week was mostly about reviewing everything I had learned up until this point and seeing how much I have retained. It was also about using the vocabulary and tenses I
Read more…This week Atul and I worked on learning how to describe different rooms and objects in the home. I learned that there are not many words in Hindi to describe the home and English, especially American English is very specific when describing parts of
Read more…Do some preliminary research on what most interests you about the target culture, and describe how this topic relates to language.
One topic that interests me about Indian culture is how prevalent the Hindi language is within India and how different
Read more…This week Atul and I focused mostly on the list of topics I gave him that I wanted to cover. These are random topics but probably important and common words I should learn. We continue to focus on the difference between the words "main" which is in r
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