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This is the link to my final Recorded Podcast Interview for SDLC 110: https://youtu.be/jkdySAhl9wk
Apr 28, 2025
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Journal Four: Over the past few months, my Hebrew learning journey has grown in ways. I recently finished my last lesson with my mentor, Rabbi Sherry, and our work has evolved significantly since the beginning of the semester. Early on, we focused…
Apr 25, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, February 2: Discussion Post #2 on the Ning
"I like how you connected the cultural dimensions to both your personal experiences and broader societal trends. Your example about the difference in time perception between the U.S. and India made the monochronic-polychronic concept super…"
Apr 21, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, February 23: Discussion Post #5 on the Ning. 
"I like how you connected features like pitch, rhythm, and archaic vocabulary to your own language learning journey. It’s smart that you’re focusing on listening and identifying repeated words at this stage, that’s such a practical and immersive way…"
Apr 21, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, April 6: Discussion Post #9 on the Ning
"I liked the way you connected the issue to larger forces like colonization and globalization, it’s a powerful reminder that language loss is often the result of deep systemic pressures, not just personal choice. The point about younger generations…"
Apr 21, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, April 6: Discussion Post #9 on the Ning
"I liked how you highlighted the role of linguists and technology in preservation efforts, and your example of Hebrew as a successfully revived language was powerful and inspiring. Your point about respecting native communities and working…"
Apr 21, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, February 16: Discussion Post #4 on the Ning
"You did a nice job explaining how English spelling and pronunciation don’t always match, and your examples like mortgage and subtle were great. I also thought your comparisons to Korean were helpful, especially when you talked about sounds like…"
Apr 21, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, February 16: Discussion Post #4 on the Ning
"I like how you emphasized the gap between spelling and pronunciation, it’s something many learners struggle with, and you broke it down really well. The examples from other languages, like Arabic and Mandarin, helped highlight how varied and complex…"
Apr 21, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, February 9: Discussion Post #3 on the Ning
"I liked how you broke down each linguistic field and showing how it contributes to understanding Korean, not just structurally, but culturally too. I also liked how you prioritized phonology, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics for conversational…"
Apr 21, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, February 9: Discussion Post #3 on the Ning
"You did a great job showing how language learning goes way beyond just memorizing vocab or grammar. I especially liked how you emphasized the role of sociolinguistics and pragmatics in understanding Korean, honorifics and context indeed play such a…"
Apr 21, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, April 13: Discussion Post #10 on the Ning
"I liked your idea, focusing on cooking vocabulary is such a creative and relatable way to study language. It’s cool how you tied in media like YouTube and blogs, since that’s where a lot of real, everyday language shows up. I also thought your…"
Apr 21, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, April 13: Discussion Post #10 on the Ning
"I like how you connected the honorific system to Korean social norms. Your point about tracking changes from older texts to modern speech was also super interesting, and I think it would reveal a lot about Korea’s history and identity. The way you…"
Apr 21, 2025
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Cultural Post: The Prince of Egypt

As part of my cultural exploration in Hebrew, I chose to engage with The Prince of Egypt, a film that has deep roots in Jewish history, language, and cultural memory. Although it is a Hollywood production, The…
Apr 20, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, April 13: Discussion Post #10 on the Ning
"If I received a research grant to conduct a linguistic study of Hebrew, I would start by investigating the convergence of modern Israeli Hebrew and classical religious Hebrew, with a specific focus on how different communities (secular Israelis vs.…"
Apr 13, 2025
Lavi Ohana replied to Global Studio's discussion Due by 5pm on Sunday, April 6: Discussion Post #9 on the Ning
"Discussion Post #9: Languages go extinct due to a complex interplay of factors, prominently including the dominance of major languages like English, Spanish, and Mandarin in global communication and digital media. This phenomenon can lead to a…"
Apr 7, 2025
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Hebrew Learning Journal Entry #3

Over the past several weeks, I have had about eight lessons with Rabbi Sherry, and my Hebrew learning has become more interactive and analytical. We still go over long reading passages and practice basic…
Mar 30, 2025
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Mandarin belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, which includes Cantonese, Burmese, and Tibetan. The primary regions are East Asia and southeast Asia. So it shares its ancestry with China, Myanmar and Tibet. I would have thought it shared its lineage with Korea or Japan as I often group those together culturally. What’s interesting is how Mandarin also shows contact with other cultures over time. The PDF talks about areal influence, and Mandarin definitely reflects that. I looked up some examples: words like (fó) (Buddah) come from Sanskrit through the spread of Buddhism and (kāfēi) (Coffee) comes from English. Also, a lot of modern political or technical terms entered the language through contact with Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Structurally, Mandarin is typologically analytic, meaning it has simple word forms and grammar is expressed through word order. Since grammar isn’t carrying tons of information through endings, meaning depends more on context, tone,…

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The history behind the Korean language is very interesting. The document from class classifies Korean as an Asian language, part of the Altaic language family. This connects Korean with Turkish, Mongolian, and Japanese. The Korean language also has a deep connection to the Chinese language and characters.75 million people speak Korean, with 72 million of them coming from North and South Korea. It has always been the main language spoken in those areas, but in the past, the Hangul alphabet was not yet created. What historians refer to as Old Korean was written with Chinese characters. Sometimes the characters would be used to represent a word or simply used to represent a sound in Korean. Because writers had to be educated in both Korean and Chinese, most people could not read or write. Once King Sejong came to power, he helped to create Hangul in 1443. Once the alphabet was created it made it much easier to read, write, and pronounce sounds in Korean.The Chinese language has a huge…

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Spanish belongs to the Indo-European language family, which is based on the genealogical classification method (also known as the historical/genetic classification method) which classifies languages based on shared ancestry and helps trace language evolution. One of the periods that contributed words to Spanish through contact with other cultures was in 476 when the Visigoths, a Germanic group, made their way into what is now France and the Iberian Peninsula. They spoke Latin, but they also spoke an East Germanic language, which ended up contributing words to modern Spanish, such as guerra ("war") from "werra" and ganso ("goose") from "gans." In 711, a Muslim army made its way from northern Africa into the southern Iberian Peninsula by crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. One of the most notable characteristics of this influence seen in the Spanish of today are the words beginning with "a-" or "-al," which is the equivalent of “the” in Arabic. In some cases, these words merged with the…

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Spanish belongs to the Indo-European language family, which is based on the genealogical classification method (also known as the historical/genetic classification method) which classifies languages based on shared ancestry and helps trace language evolution. One of the periods that contributed words to Spanish through contact with other cultures was in 476 when the Visigoths, a Germanic group, made their way into what is now France and the Iberian Peninsula. They spoke Latin, but they also spoke an East Germanic language, which ended up contributing words to modern Spanish, such as guerra ("war") from "werra" and ganso ("goose") from "gans." In 711, a Muslim army made its way from northern Africa into the southern Iberian Peninsula by crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. One of the most notable characteristics of this influence seen in the Spanish of today are the words beginning with "a-" or "-al," which is the equivalent of “the” in Arabic. In some cases, these words merged with the…

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