105 Reflection 5:
Do some preliminary research on what interests you about the target culture and describe how this topic relates to language. Do you need any special vocabulary or linguistic knowledge to engage this topic? If so, have you included objectives in your learning plan to engage this topic?
What interests me about my target culture is the beautiful antiquity of it. The Ge’ez culture if it can be referred to as that is mainly preserved in religious scripts in the modern day. Although we know it was a language for a large empire in East Africa, now it is the mother of many cultures and tribes. Two of which I am very familiar with which are the Tigrigna and Amhara cultures. Others include the Tigre and Tigray cultures.
I hope to attend more annual feasts and holidays of the Church in order to get exposure to a wide range of literature and poetry of those different holidays. I can do this by traveling to different churches in the area and out of state too. Each Church celebrates a unique holiday based on their patron saint and with each holiday there is a unique set of hymns and literature that is shared.
Also, my language partner has prepared lists of vocabulary words that I would need to directly interact with religious texts. This has been really helpful!
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