I think of studying my language in terms of how I want to experience the language in action. I think that since coming to college and when I started studying Italian completely by choice, I began to understand the importance of why you want to study
Read more…I was introduced to the idea of cultural dimensions in my B-School International Business course funnily enough. Our biggest assignment was to act as advisiors to a company and recommend where it should expand its operations to. We were tasked to use
Read more…Just as any other Koreans at my age do, I was raised familiarly exposed to English, which officially started in 3rd grade in elementary school. However, even before that, under my father’s influence, who wanted me to be fluent in English, I have had
Read more…When I learned Spanish in high school, I enjoyed the immersive activities most. Our teacher would give us news articles and stories in Spanish. This would allow me to feel most immersed in the culture and the language. Although I appreciate the stand
Read more…My learning experience this semester was definitely different than what I imagined when I initially enrolled in this course. I imagined that my work would be similar to how I taught myself in high school, which was a lot of memorization and note taki
Read more…Studies say that the Korean language belongs to Koreanic or is categorized as a language isolate. A language isolate means that it does not form a language family because there are no other similar languages to be grouped. Some scholars assert that t
Read more…If I received a research grant for a study on Korean linguistics, I would most likely investigate the large contrast in consonants. More specifically, differences between neutral consonants, aspirated consonants and tense consonants. From class, we w
Read more…Korean naming is quite different from English naming. Firstly, a surname comes first and a given name follows after, which are usually one character and two characters, respectively. However, there are very rare occasions where one uses a two-charact
Read more…Towards the end of the semester, I have gotten busier with finals and haven’t been dedicating as much time to my language studies as I would like. I recently recorded the final podcast with my language partner, and thought it was fun to reflect on al
Read more…Imagine that you have received a research grant to conduct a linguistic study of your target language and culture. How would you get started,
and what would you investigate? How would different structural components presented in class appear in your w
Before the arrival of Europeans, Ancient Korea was ruled by a series of Kingdoms and different hierarchical dynasties. These kingdoms resembled those of the medieval era in Europe, but with Confucian influences in its politics, cultural practices and
Read more…I believe that when learning a language, sometimes “getting the gist” of things is more productive than trying to memorize and understand every rule and word. In my experience, no matter how long you study a language and how much you may know, you ar
Read more…How do languages go extinct? Respond to the readings, and reflect on what happens when a language dies? How can linguists help preserve a language? Can a ‘dead’ language ever be brought back to life? What efforts are currently underway to document li
Read more…On March 10, the second part of “The Glory” came out. So we watched this drama during our weekly meetings. This drama was so intriguing we watched through the episodes really fast. During this second part, there is a murder that happens which makes
Read more…Currently in my grammatical studies I am learning how to create the meaning of “making” or “letting” somebody do something. The construction is so different from English grammar, which is a common theme in Korean grammar that is also a big cause of m
Read more…I have started writing in Afaan Oromo. I actually have written in it since the beginning of my tutoring sessions with my language partner. When we are in our sessions, I have a notebook with me and in it, I write the sentences, and vocabulary we prac
Read more…One of the first things I learned to do in my target language was to write. The alphabet was very easy to learn and I enjoyed writing. I usually prefer to write free hand, as I find it helps me remember vocabulary. Compared to my early journaling, I
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