SDLC 105: Post #1

[Tenaya Bien]

I think one of the biggest things I took away from the articles and from this week's lessons was that there are an infinite number of ways to conceptualize and understanding things, in this case a new language. In our language lesson, some people found certain sounds easier because they spoke another language where they have similar sounds. For others, the strong "R" sound did not exist and the speaker had no practice making that sound. I found myself relating the sound of the Turkish alphabet to the Spanish alphabet which I already know. The ability to relate the new information to something I already know was extremely helpful. However, going forward there isn't always going to be something I know that relates to what I am learning, that's where the methods of conceptualization come in I think. In the article about brain function, they would make assumptions about left vs. right side of the brain but also immediately recognize that these assumptions were flawed. Because of the complexity and the individual interconnectivity of the human brain, we all use our brains in different ways. That to me means that things are going to make sense to us via different methods. Knowing this I am more likely to be create in my learning methods. If I am just not understanding something, I know that I can try and learn it in a different way, maybe through a different medium, and maybe that will click better with my brain.