Hello! My name is Jasmine and I am a sophomore here at the University of Oregon. I am originally from Seattle, Washington as well.  I am currently majoring in Pre-Business Administration and minoring in East Asian Studies. A few more things about me is that I like to draw and studying languages. I also even traveled to Japan for the first time this summer. I am interested in East Asian languages and societies because since I am part Korean, I have always been interested in learning more about the culture and the language. To learn more about Korea, since the language was never pushed for me to learn this is a good opportunity to learn more about something I am apart of. I am also learning Korean and Japanese so this class will be able to help me learn more about the languages and the societies with them more.

A picture I took in Shibuya (渋谷)!

This was in DiverCity Tokyo Plaza (ダイバーシティ東京 プラザ)

A question/issue that have intrigued me the most is the debate between a language and a dialect. I always have known that there are languages and dialects but I never truly knew what made them different from one another. Also, it is interesting to have learned what is considered a dialect compared what is considered a language and the qualifications for both. To differieniate a dialect to a language I realized is more of a gray area to the process. The teaching methods in this course is pretty straightforward and easy to understand with everything in nice bullet points. It feel’s organized and easy to digest. To describe my own way of learning, I will re-write the notes from the lectures so that I can always reference the notes and also writing things down helps me remember content better.