Languages go extinct for a plethora of reasons. In an increasingly globalized world, the 83 most common languages dominate business and mass communication. Moreover, oppressive histories of colonialism and imperial empires significantly contributed…

As per my language goals, I have not started writing extensively in my target language. However, the writing I do, I perform by free hand. Much like in English, conjunctions are used to link independent clauses. For example, “тому” means therefore.…

After reviewing my presentation of my learning plan, I realized that a lot has changed since the beginning of the semester. I had a very ambitious plan set forward, but unfortunately I have not been able to achieve all of the goals I set forth. As I…

Currently I am working on expressing emotions and opinions. I have learned ways to express favorites, emotions, personality traits and descriptions, and comparisons. I feel that I have been successful in what I had hoped to accomplish in terms of…

Ukrainian belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is an East Slavic language. Ukrainian evolved from Old East Slavic through the raising of mid vowels. Коть became кiть and печь became пiч. Moreover, the consonant г [g] became the voiced…

One topic that I am particularly interested in is the use of the Ukrainian language in Ukraine as a form of war-time resistance. The connection between language and this topic is quite clear: how does sociopolitics impact the way Ukrainians use…

Currently I am working on vocabulary and phrases helpful for ordering at a restaurant and navigating a city. I am still working on learning those 100 most common and useful Ukrainian verbs, in addition to verbs for daily routines. I have altered my…

Sound refers to the actual differentiated segments heard in spoken language. Spelling, on the other hand, refers to the symbolic representation of these sounds, which are unusually not consistent across a language and definitely not consistent…

When learning a language it is important to understand the interrelationship between different disciplinary perspectives as focusing on just one part or level restricts the overall comprehension of a language. That is, there is a loss in…

I found the articles to be very interesting. Figuring Foreigners Out offered five ways in which cultures can differ from each other: individualist or collectivist; nonverbal communication; conception of time; how they imagine themselves within the…

I have organized my self-directed learning plan such that it prioritizes vocabulary for real-life experiences and conversations. I have centered vocabulary that allows me to talk about myself, my life, my interests, my opinions, and my aspirations.…

My Goals: Why Ukrainian?
- Interest in Soviet and Post-Soviet histories → knowledge of Ukrainian language is indispensable for this research in order to not center Russian narratives
- Given my career goal as a social historian, I need to be able to…

I thought the readings took a very biological approach to language. I found them to be a bit confusing, because I do not and have never conceptualized language as a purely biological phenomenon. But, I guess that everything is "biological"…

Reflection Post #1

My only previous language learning experience has been studying Russian, which I have been learning for about three years now. In a college classroom setting, I really enjoyed learning Russian because the language was like a…