Learning Journal #10

[Felicia Taylor]

The most difficult part about this learning experience has definitely been learning how to write. I attempted to write in urdu several times but found that it was far too difficult. Due to this, I decided not to focus on this aspect of language. Urdu script is so different than any of the writing that I know (because I am used to roman characters). Urdu's script looks like a bunch of squiggles and foreign characters to me. At first, it was extremely difficult for me to write the shapes and lines of my name. I looked over the Urdu alphabet and tried to write down all of the characters as well. The most difficult part about this was differentiating between the different "t" sounds as well as the different "d" sounds. In most cases, they all sounded the same. This meant that when it came of learning how to write the alphabet, I had to simply try and remember that the different characters/shapes I was learning truly did produce different sounds-- even if I was not able to differentiate between them.