In my final semester as college student I am taking Hebrew because I enjoy the opportunity to speak a rare language. I have already fulfilled my language requirement through Intensive Spanish and have enjoyed learning foreign languages. Although Hebrew may not be relevant to the business world it is nonetheless an opportunity I cannot pass up. As a language learner I enjoy learning important words, like conversational language and how to say types of food and animals. In a beginning language course I do not expect myself to be able to right a full paragraph on anything in Hebrew. I simply like the ability to be friendly and eat when visiting a foreign culture. What I really do not like about language learning is the verb conjugation and the writing. I have already mentioned that writing something in Hebrew is not necessary for me as a beginner. Verb conjugation is often unnecessarily difficult and prevents one from learning the important meaning of the verb. For instance in Spanish take the word gustar, meaning to like. I do not need to know gusto, gustaba, gustes, gustieron, etc. are forms of gustar in different tenses, but instead that it means to like.
After reviewing the Fire model , I would have to say that I am the factual type of learner. I value practical knowledge and want my own work to be a reflection of precise answers. I can easily memorize things and enjoy taking tests that measure those skills that have clearly defined by a syllabus or course description. With that being said I know that this language course does not necessarily match up with my factual learning style, as we set our own goals and rarely ever take a test. The desire to learn and how much we learn during this semester is entirely on my part. I am confident that my learning skills can still work in this class by using note cards and using Rosetta Stone activities to learn. I believe that these two activities, coupled with the two 50 minute sessions a week with a Hebrew tutor will enable me to accomplish the goals I have set forth. As far as expanding my learning activities, I think I have expanded them far enough by utilizing a program such as Rosetta Stone, that I never used before. I hope that by the end of April I will be able to speak of everything I need to know in Hebrew.
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