SDLP 110: Learning Journal 7

[Constantinos Beauclair-Kolomtsas]

My learning plan has been going well those some issues should be addressed. One problem has been the use of DuoLingo. Because the class curriculum does not match well with the online language learning application, I struggle to find reason to keep using it. I mainly utilize it for practice at night or to work on pronunciation. Also the imaginary traveler task that would have me write conversations of a character travelling through Turkey was somewhat ambitious given that I do not have a diverse enough vocabulary in Turkish yet. All the conversations sound similar except for the location, which makes them somewhat pointless. Nevertheless, this learning activity has helped me learn more about Turkish geography and history and I have found myself googleing different towns and sites and Turkey for extended periods of time. The activity has convinced me that my cultural project topic of towns and cities of Turkey is a great choice and a project that I will thoroughly enjoy.