SDLC 110: Cultural Post 1

[Tenaya Bien]

I am interested in learning Turkish because it is a critical language and I know almost nothing about the language or the culture. Having already started learning the language I think it is really interesting how many of the sounds are similar to the sounds we make in English or Spanish but the words themselves are unidentifiable to me, unlike other romance languages where I can often guess what the word means. By the end of the semester I hope to be able to have an introductory conversation with someone like a shopkeeper or a server at a restaurant and understand directions/street signs and words and basic phrases related to travel. I hope to visit Turkey someday and that gives me incentive to learn the language and keep working on it!