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
Read more…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
Read more…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…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
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
Read more…Summarize your assessment and goals in a blog post in your learning journal and on the first page of your learning plan.
As an intermediate level Korean speaker with some basic background on the Korean language, these are the goals that I want to acc
Read more…Reflect on your experiences as a language learner. What did you enjoy? What did you dislike? Think about the FIRE modeland the surveys you have just completed. What kind of learner are you? What kinds of language learning activities suit your le
Read more…First Cultural Post: What is your interest in 'your' language and what do you hope to accomplish this semester?
Read more…As I’m currently learning Mandarin through the University of Richmond, one aspect of learning a new language that I enjoy is finding words and phrases that are non-existent in other languages. For example, in Mandarin, it is difficult to find a word
Read more…Reflect upon what you learned from the culture project presentations--both your own and those of your fellow learners.
Read more…What are the attitudes about family in the culture(s) you are studying? How are families organized? Is the family evolving? How are these attitudes reflected in the language?
Read more…What are attitudes about time in the culture(s) you are studying? Are these attitudes reflected in the language?
Read more…Identify a topic for your cultural project and reflect upon how this project relates to your language learning. State your learning goals for the project.
Read more…Has the writing system changed over time? Is there an alphabet? If yes, how many letters? What do they represent? Are there significant differences between manuscript and print? If there is no alphabet, what is the relationship between oral and
Read more…Describe a cultural product or practice and reflect upon the cultural perspective(s) it illustrates.
Read more…In the culture(s) where 'your' language is spoken, are there significant differences in the language when you are talking to family rather than strangers? older people rather than younger? men rather than women?
Read more…What is your interest in 'your' language and the culture(s) where it is used? What do you hope to learn this semester? this year? in the future?
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