One of the questions that has intrigued me the most was actually from our newest topic. If language effects how people perceive the world, and how differently speakers think from one another. I hadn’t thought of it much before this class and now thinking about it I am amazed at how much the way our languages are structured can effect what we perceive first and the results of thoughts all together. As, in class I thought it was interesting to know that English speakers when deciding if the person in the center was happy or not. A big percentage chose happy no matter how the surroundings were and only focused on the person in the question, while even in the other exercise with the fish tank. You see the difference that east Asian language speakers could have that instead of looking at the first thing they see and answering, they look at the bigger picture with everything included to give an answer. Also, the cow and grass picture was just another intriguing moment, as it wasn’t until now that there was a difference between how people categorize things and how relationships affect the result.

How I approach learning for this class, is just preparing myself to read the content more than once. So that I am able to fully comprehend and remember what I am reading/learning about. Flashcards also help me when trying to remember important parts of the lectures and readings that have shown up on quizzes and in the readings. This class has challenged my thinking when it comes to linguistics. In terms that I have learned more than I’ve ever really known about linguistics and it’s given me good insight within the three languages and in my own in this class. Also, learning that a lot goes into linguistics and there are several parts to it which opens my eyes to see just how complex languages can be and just how interesting that is. Seeing the difference between three languages that people tend to mix up, and understanding just how different they are as well as shared similarities between each other. As someone learning Japanese and Korean and has taken Chinese classes as well, this class actually gave me more knowledge that comes into mind as I am doing homework and practicing the language. It has made me think a lot more about the language that I am learning and overall has helped me understand it more from grammar to gendered linguistical features within it.