Cultural Topic: South Korea's Geography & Attractions (Focus-Seoul)
Korea is located in East Asia, with South Korea in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is mostly surrounded by water, with North Korea as the only country to be a land bo
Read more…I learned about geography of Turkey with maps of Turkey in the class. Turkey is surrounded on three sides by the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Aegean Sea. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, but the capital is Ankara. Turkey has popul
Read more…One interesting aspect of Korean culture is the Korean Wave, called “Hallyu” in Korean. Hallyu refers to the dissemination of Korean culture throughout the world, evident in the popularity of Korean music and Korean dramas. It’s an interesting concep
Read more…For weeks 4 and 5, I decided to focus on my reading and writing skills at Hindi.
For week 4, I spent sometime reading through articles and discussing them with my language partner. I chose to read an online newspaper called the Dainik Bhaskbar, which
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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
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…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
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…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…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
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
Read more…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: 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…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
Read more…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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