SDLC 105‎ Learning Journal #1

[Hongzhen Chen]

I find it really interesting that in the article of "How we mean", it introduced a variety of examples of how using different vocabs express the same thing while saying the same sentence in different tones could express different meanings. For example, in Korean, "hello" and "bye" are the same, and there are several different ways of saying "thank you" and "sorry". Besides, we really need to put a sentence back into the context to understand its meaning rather than reading it solely. Especially for us beginners, it is possibly that we only know the basic meaning of some words while they do not mean the same thing under certain circumstances. For instance, "thank you" is used to express gratitude in most cases, however, it could mean opposite thing when you say it in a mad mood to others. Thus, we need to pay more attention to the tones and specific context while learning a language. Also, due to Korean culture's focus on politeness, Korean is always spoken in a soft and gentle way. We need to change our tone and sound while practicing as well.