Language Partner Meeting #12
Goal for the semester: My goal for this semester is achieve the “elementary” level of Hindi, i.e. read, write, and speak.
Week: 11/26/12 – 12/2/12
Goal for the day: Final Revision
Final language partner meeting with Sanya!
Today was revision day. We reviewed alphabets. We talked bout days of the week and time. Food and clothing came into play as we talked about culture.
After this moved on to working on my culture presentation. I decided to do my presentation on Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. Sanya helped with the organization of the project. We settled on talking about history of the festival, some common traditions, and the ways of celebrating. My goal for this project was to define what Indian culture really was. As I did research, I found that it is the sects of different cultures in Indian that make up the larger Indian culture. Keeping that in mind, I decided to see how North India celebrated Diwali differently than the South. India is known for its elaborate clothing. Therefore, I decided research what kinds of outfits are wore during the festival. In this project I also wanted to utilize what I had learned from SDLC 105. I talked about the importance of family in the Indian culture. I also looked at the macro-level and explored the values of the larger Indian society.
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