In an effort to try my hand at some reading in a foreign language, I chose to read/translate various poems from the infamous Spanish author, Pablo Neruda. Accordingly, in doing so, I found myself learning a great deal more about the Spanish language.
Read more…Drinking in Korea requires serious etiquette and stamina. Drinking in Korea isn't the same as it is here in America. There, drinking is a type social bonding that most Koreans are accustomed to. There are also rules to keep in mind in order to avoid
Read more…My topic choice is the calendar in Korea and the important holidays throughout the year. The traditional calendar is lunisolar where dates are based on the Korean Meridian. Instead of having names for the month, the Koreans simply say "Month 1, Month
Read more…Weddings are one of the most interesting aspects of a culture, and is something that can be shared and understood by all cultures.
Dari, a dialect of Persian, is an official language of Afghanistan. To get a better perspective of the Afghan culture,
Read more…As I am not actually studying a particular foreign language like the rest of the class, I felt as if I would write a little regarding the linguistical aspects of the Spanish language, a tounge in which I am trying to become more familiar with. Accord
Read more…As noted in the reading, the cultural dimensions of learning a new language inevitably becomes increasingly crucial when attempting to adequately adopt the particular language at hand. Consequently, learning and correspondingly understanding these cu
Read more…Are there significant differences in the language when you are talking to family rather than strangers? older people rather than younger ones? Are there class distinctions? Are there gender distinctions? What else do you know about formality and
Read more…Not only were the readings interesting (I found the discussion of the "Freudian Slip" to be of particular amusement), but I truly feel as though they assisted my learning endeavor by affording me with some useful pointers. For example, as I mentioned
Read more…I have always been fascinated by language. As an English major with a heavy minor in Creative Writing, I have done my fair share of reading and scribbling. As a result, I have come to garner an immense amount of respect and appreciation for not just
Read more…In the chapters we read, there were many interesting points regarding how the brain processes languages that we learn. There are many parts of the brain that work together in the language-aquisition process, therefore it is important to use many type
Read more…This week we learned some basic vocabulary words such as woman, man, house, child, etc. The increasing number of vocabulary words used made me want to buy a little notebook to note all the new words I learned and the translations. It will allow me to
Read more…After learning the alphabet, which is similar to the english alphabet with a few added letters and a few that are removed, we moved on to more useful sentences. This week in class we learned "Greetings" and the times of the day (for eg. morning, afte
Read more…I grew up speaking english and french, so the last time I had to formally learn a language was in high school when I took spanish for a couple years. Since it was so similar to french in my mind, I was able to learn easily and still remember a lot to
Read more…During the fall of my junior year, I studied abroad at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. This was not my first visit to Turkey. I had spent the previous summer travelling around various regions of Turkey with my family. I went to Istanbul, Cappad
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this is going to be great for Heather and I and we will probably be making a song out of it with the help of Aarti! =)
Read more…I earned my doctorate in the evolution of the romance languages, including the study of the earliest literary manifestations of these languages. What fascinates me about this field is the wealth of cultural understanding embedded in the history of t
Read more…Which language are you interested in? Why does this language interest you? What are you most interested in learning about the language and the culture(s) which use it?
Read more…I did my Cultural Project on Turkish culture within Germany, because I've taken German for years now, and I want to live there for awhile. That's one reason I was interested in taking Turkish, because there is a huge Turkish immigrant population in G
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