How are families organized? Is the family evolving? How are these attitudes reflected in the language?
Read more…Identify a topic for your culture project and reflect upon how this project relates to your language learning. State your learning goals for this project.
Read more…Describe a cultural product or practice and reflect upon the cultural perspective(s) it illustrates.
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…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, how does the language convey information in written form? Are there related writing
Read more…The first task of a self-directed learner is to set goals. An essential aspect of the SDLAP is to learn how languages reflect the cultures in which they are used. What interests you about the culture(s) of your language? What do you hope to learn
Read more…While I intend for the main focus of my Culture Project to be on the role of Islam in modern Afghanistan, I felt it was necessary to get a complete understanding of the history of Islam in Afghanistan. Moreover, it is easier to get a perspective of h
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…How are families organized? Is the family evolving? How are these attitudes reflected in the language?
Read more…Are these attitudes reflected in the language?
Read more…Reflect upon what you learned from the culture project presentations--both your own and those of your fellow learners.
Read more…This semester was by far one of my best semesters at the University of Richmond because of this opportunity to learn Gujarati and get academic credit for it. Learning a new language at 21 years of age is challenging and I can’t say that I would have
Read more…Culture shock is precipitated by the anxiety that results from losing all familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. These signs are the thousand and one ways in which we orient ourselves to the situations of daily life: when to shake hands a
Read more…I believe that bilinguals are smarter because of the positive effects of juggling two languages. The NYT article "Why Bilinguals are Smarter" writes that, Previously bilinguals were assumed to be cognitively hindered by the interference presented b
Read more…Normally the transition from a spoken to an extinct language occurs when a language undergoes
language death, while being replaced by a different language in a community or society. I think it is very common to forget the old and adapt new words as
Read more…"Why Bilinguals Are Smarter" was a pretty awesome article by the New York Times. It turns out being bilingual has profound effects on your brain; improving cognitive skills that are not related to language and even prevent dementia in older age. It m
Read more…In Tribe Revives Language on Verge of Extinction, the New York Times does a great job of explaining how one particular American Indian language with only five speakers left has been resurfaced to face extinction. Through the internet, there has been
Read more…Culture shock is an incredible phenomenon. Many individuals who travel and or live and must try to assimilate into another culture of people often face this. Culture shock is precipitated by the anxiety that results from losing all familiar signs and
Read more…Identify a topic for your culture project and reflect upon how this project relates to your language learning. State your learning goals for this project.
Read more…For the past three months I have been working hard to master the basics of the Gujarati language. But it has not come easy. From tone differences, to gender variations, I have worked vigorously to properly speak basics of the language in an Indian r
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