About Me:

Hello Class! My name is Noah Weisel and I’m from Los Angeles, California. I lived there my entire life and moved up to Eugene two years ago for school. I am currently entering my Junior year at the UO, majoring in Business and minoring in Computer Information Technology. I have two dogs back at home in LA, a white labrador named Koda and an Australian shepherd mix named Willow. I have never taken an Asian studies class before but for as long as I can remember I have been interested in Japanese culture, and have wanted to visit Japan. So far I am really enjoying my time in EALL209 and am looking forward to learning what differentiates Korean, Japanese and Chinese languages. I am taking this class to expand my global mindset and give me some insight into different interesting cultures. I am also hoping that later this year I have the opportunity to study abroad in Japan for a business school 

About the Course:

The teaching style of this class is similar to other classes I have taken in the past, but at the same time, this is the first linguistics class I have taken at UO. Overall I don’t believe that this class is going to be super difficult, but I am definitely going to need to take notes during lectures as I don’t speak any Korean, Japanese and Chinese. I really enjoy the teaching style of this class, as it is similar to the teaching style of classes I have previously taken. I like the quizzes on the reading every week which allows me to solidify what I read in my brain. I am also a fan of the iClicker questions in class as it’s an easy way to get participation points but also gives me extra practice to study the information. I’m also really looking forward to the upcoming class in which we try teas from different regions.