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SDLC 111 Cultural Post #1
- First Cultural Post: What are your cultural learning goals for this semester?
- Which one or two topics will you explore during the course of the semester?
- I will learn topics that are related to shopping and food in Turkey. I want to explore what
105 Learning Journal #2
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For this week's learning journal, we're talking about linguistic aspects of Hindi.
Hindi from a linguistic standpoint redefines the word complex. I shall isolate a single aspect, gender structure to explain why. Gender structure varies based o
110 Learning Journal #3
My goals for this week were focused on reading. I set myself the task of reading through a fairly complex article in Hindi (taken from the most prominent Hindi newspaper in India, Dainik Bhaskar). Given that the newspaper is targeted at audiences who
Read more…110 Cultural Post #3 - Hindi and Urdu
For this cultural post, I'd like to discuss the differences between Urdu and Hindi, both of which originate from the language Hindustani, which found its roots in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit. Prior to the partition of India, this was the standard la
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On a basic level, the Korean sentence structure is as follows: subject-object-verb or subject-adjective. On a basic level, the English sentence structure is subject-verb-object. The difference between these two languages is that the object and verb a
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Korean culture is one that is extremely warm and welcoming.
Korean food is loved in many parts of the world. Respect is deemed as very important in Korea. The Korean language has a separate system of formality to respect the elders and individuals
105 Post Learning Journal #1
It was extremely interesting to read more about the scientific aspect of learning a language. I learned that the left hemisphere is dominant for language in most right-handed people. However, in left-handed individuals mixed dominance was observed. I
Read more…110 Third Cultural Post: Cultural Topic of Your Choice
The culture of beauty is a concept in South Korea that intrigues my curiosity continuously.
Plastic surgery is a procedure that is extremely popular in South Korea. Because I have not been to Korea, this cultural post is going to be based purely on m
Read more…110 Second Cultural Post: Formality and Informality in Target Language
In Korean, formality and informality is a way in the language to express respect and friendliness.
It is extremely important to speak in a formal manner to elders and people you are not familiar with. There are more rules and techniques, but as an e
110 First Cultural Post: What is your interest in 'your' language and what do you hope to accomplish this semester?
My interest in my language is to get to know my culture better. I am of Korean heritage, but have never visited Korea. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. I am aware that there are countless cultural differences between Korean and the U
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First Cultural Post: What are your cultural learning goals for this semester?
Which one or two topics will you explore during the course of the semester?
How do you expect to explore these topics?
What do you hope to learn through your exploratio
First Cultural Post
First Cultural Post: What is your interest in 'your' language and what do you hope to accomplish this semester?
I have always wanted to learn an Asian language. European languages and travel is so popular these days, and I really wanted to learn a
Read more…105 My Experiences as a Language Learner
I always enjoyed the art of different languages. I speak Spanish on an intermediate level, and I think I enjoyed the deep personal relationship I was able to form with my mom as we spoke Spanish together. It was our "secret language". Overall, I beli
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While trying to set up Mango Languages, I ran into a Flash error which I am working on resolving, but this looks like a great resource to practice conversational Hindi. Diigo is a great way to bookmark helpful resources that I've come across
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What is your interest in 'your' language and what do you hope to accomplish this semester?
Despite Hindi being my native language, I never appreciated the importance of mastering the language until I set foot in the United States for my undergraduate
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Formality and Informality in Target Language
In the Korean language, formality and informality are probably one of the biggest aspects to the language and enhances the challenging nature of learning the language. The Korean language, according to so
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What is your interest in 'your' language and what do you hope to accomplish this semester?
My interest in my language resorts from the fact that I am not able to speak it to complete fluency at a competent level where I can interact in a corporate s
Read more…Cultural Post #2, Formality/Informality in Hindi
Similar to several Asian languages and cultures, there is a formal way of addressing elders versus the informal way of addressing people who are as old or younger than oneself.
In order to address someone older than me, I'd have to use the 'respectful
Learning Journal 1
With the help of the Levels of Competence document, I gauged that my level of interpretive listening and presentational speaking was stronger than my reading or writing. I pegged myself to be a Developing 2 for interpretive listening and presentation
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