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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
Israel is a very small country consisting of just over 8,000 square miles, which is slightly smaller than the state of New Jersey. This small size, however does not mean Israel lacks a diverse topographical landscape. Due to this varying landscape, t
Though many think of Israel as being strictly Jewish, there are, in fact, more than that single religion within Israel. Although Jewish is quite definitely the majority religion in Israel, other religions, including Christianity, Islam and smaller re
I evolved as a self directed learning in many ways.I mentally engage the material I wanted to learn using ideas and methods you can immediately use within the Internet and what the global studio has to offer, material in reserves. I focus on doing a
Tourism has been rapidly developing over the past 20 to 30 years. Over 17.5 times the number of tourists are visiting Turkey since the 1980s. Revenues have increased over 5.5 times since this times period of the 1980s. Areas that