Through the course of this class, many things have intrigued me. The topic that intrigued me the most was the topic of politeness. My reactions to the readings have been pretty minimal but I did find the readings on “Tiger Moms” to be fairly interesting seeing as it’s from someone else’s perspective. The class has changed my view of linguistics but specifically sociolinguistics and how the different countries we focused on structured their version of sociolinguistics.
This is a photo of the entrance to the Eugene Asian Market located down the road just past from Hilyard Station and the address is on the wall.
The Chinese writing on the wall, when translated means Asian Dragon, which when the character symbols are broken down follow the same sentence order as English, adjective and then the noun, Asian being the adjective and Dragon being the noun. This example also falls under the mono-syllabic and di-syllabic as the word for Asian is di-syllabic and Dragon is mono-syllabic.
For learning strategies, since I am an auditory learner, it helps to do the reading the night before and take notes on the lectures before class so I can sit in class and listen to see if there is anything to add to my notes. I feel like I am learning the most during the lecture classes. I engage with the material the most when I do the reading and take the quizzes. Most times the lectures are pretty clear however when they aren’t the discussion classes help clear up any confusion and also going back to look at the lecture slides helps.
Hello! My name is Christyn and I am currently a freshman here at the UO. I was born and raised in San Diego, California before I moved up here for college. I currently am majoring in Asian Studies with a minor in Korean. Somethings about me are that I am the youngest of 4 kids where we all speak a different second language. I was also on my high school’s varsity swim team for all four years and I hope to continue to swim during my time here at the U of O.
What interests me in East Asian Languages and Cultures is how different eastern Asian countries are culturally from western countries. Specifically, the culture around Asian cuisine and it’s cooking style is something that interests me a lot seeing as I grew up eating Thai and Korean food- my favourites being Khao Soi and Bibim-Naengmyeon- and being able to see how important food and cooking can be to Asian cultures.
Although this is the first linguistics class I’ve ever taken, the teaching style is familiar to teaching styles I have had in high school. Personally, I think the iClickers are a great way to engage kids, especially kids like me who might be shy or introverted but still want to participate because it allows us to still be involved without being put on the spot by speaking out in front of everyone. Typically I approach learning as an auditory learner so the lectures are really nice to just sit and listen to rather than the reading. While this class hasn’t altered the way I think, I’m sure as the course continues it will alter the way I think.