- How have you organized your self-directed learning plan, and what have you learned so far? How will your studies allow you investigate your target language and culture more deeply? What first prompted your interest, and motivated you to start learning?
- After receiving feedback from your classmates and Dr. Marsh-Soloway, what changes do you anticipate making?
- **This journal post will become the foundational basis of your first five-minute presentation.
During my first week of study, our language partner Gokhan taught us the Turkish alphabet. Turkish alphabet has 29 letters. I found an interesting phenomenon that some of the letters have the same pronunciation as Chinese Pinyin and French alphabet. In the second week, we learned number and time. The way Turkish people express number and time is very long and complicated. We also learned some greeting sentences this week. I practiced them by doing mock conversation with Gokhan and Adam.
I like traveling a lot and on my flight home from America to China before the winter break, I saw a traveling promotion video of Turkey. I was fascinated by the history, culture and the beautiful landscapes there. As I want to do in-depth traveling there, I chose to learn the language to have a connection with Turkey. I believe that language removes barriers.
After meeting with Dr. Marsh-Soloway, I have decided to fill my learning plan with more detailed schedules. In this way, I can be more organized and learn the language more efficiently. Also, I would be more clear of what to do each week.
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