In one of the articles, it mentioned how some languages have words to describe each family member on both sides. Therefore you're aunt on your mother's side will be called something different than your aunt on your dad's side. However for English, everyone is called simply by one word. And so Korean falls in line with the multiple words which would be difficult to remember. It also has phrases for formal and informal speaking, which I need to recognize and be able to differentiate from the two. Because of this, I need to learn additional information to make sure that I show proper respect to individuals when I communicate with them.
In the How we mean article, it says that words by itself are not meaningful. They should be combined together in a sentence to create meaning. Therefore, I would focus on learning full sentences or phrases in Korean to enhance my knowledge.
I thought it was interesting that the left part of the brain controls the right side of the body. I always thought that the left side of the brain controlled its respective body part. I wonder why this is so.In order for my brain to retain information, I would need to do repetitive exercises that continuously tests my knowledge. I would repeatedly talk with individuals in the phrases so that I get as much practice pronouncing it and getting the words to flow correctly.
I know in the Korean language that there are some words that can't be translated to English. And so learning these words will be very difficult since there wouldn't be a simple English word association to it.
I didn't really understand the collocation part to well. Does it mean word associations? But what is the difference between association of ideas and collocation? Are association of ideas expressions? Basically I didn't understand this section enough to gain any valuable insights that would help my learning process.
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