I think the concept of “눈치” or otherwise pronounced as “noonchi” in Korean is a concept that intrigues me and ties into the language pretty well. As far as I’m aware, there is no direct translation for the word into english but…
My most recent task I have been working on is mastering the fluidity and understanding of the numbering/calendar system in korean. Growing up, one of my biggest struggles was when it came to understanding numbers, days, months,…
The difference between sound and spelling is that there is an oral aspect to sound. Sound is the oral element you produce when speaking while spelling is the way a word is visually represented usually through an alphabetic…
One way I am able to combine the different disciplinary perspectives to formulate a more holistic understanding of my target language is understandment and perspective when viewing the language from a bird's eye perspective. From…
Some of the main ideas in “Figuring Foreigners Out” the way I understood it was the difference between individualism and collectivism amongst our cultures. At a very baseline, the smallest unit of survival amongst individualists…
I think that language to the extent that it allows us as creatures to communicate is a biological phenomenon. Granted, over time, we as a species have evolved in order to carry out more efficient and meaningful ways of…
Reflection Paper #1
I think the most enjoyable part of being a language learner or learning a new language is the ability to be able to converse or communicate in a nuanced fashion with more people. Learning a new language gives you the ability to…
