- Fifth Cultural Post: Identify a topic for your culture project and your learning goals for your topic
Our cultural presentation got postponed until December, however I think I already have an idea of what I might be doing. Since my target country and culture, Turkey has lots of unique words, phrases and expressions, I will be concentrating on giving the audience an idea of when those expressions are used. Some expressions, if translated directly into English, make no sense, therefore, I believe as a language learner, it's essential to understand those authentic cultural expressions and what they mean. Some of the examples that I'll be using include Bir yastıkta kocasınlar-“May they grow old with one pillow”, Kolay Gelsin-“may it come easy” and
Eline sağlık-“health to your hand.” I will start my presentation with a little bit of background about Turkey and will continue with an interactive kahoot to see if people can guess what the expressions might been. I believe this would help me engage with the audience and catch their attention before I move to the actual presentation. This presentation will meet some of my learning goals, including being able to recognize, understand and use some authentic Turkish expressions and phrases.
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