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In this EALL class, I had some reactions during my reading time, class discussions, and lectures. In my reading time, I would always be intrigued by how gender expression is used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. For me, especially when I have experienced living in Korea, I was always reminded that I should not be using a manly expression and show a more “womanly” expression. Plus, not only that, I was told many times in Korea that aegyo is a common way for people to notice that you are a friendly and innocent woman. When I first entered into this class, the word “linguistics” was quite new to me. The class went into depth about how linguistics is used in these Asian languages, which made me rethink the ideas of how all these languages are not the same (as to what people usually say). My sense of linguistics as a field has definitely changed. I would notice the sentence structures would be different from English to the Asian languages, as well as to my knowledge as a Korean person that was born in America.

This class has definitely helped me with my interest in Japanese and Korean. If I took my Japanese 101 class as well as take my Korean 103 class next term, I would have been struggling to understand the language and why the sentence structure exists, as well as not knowing the difference between Japanese and Korean.

In learning this course, I have definitely tried to pay attention to the lecture class, as well as participate in the discussion class. I would ask my friends question and I would review the slides before going to class, as well as taking notes. I would also participate in the class by doing the Iclicker as well too. In all, the class has covered a large picture of the Asian languages, which is really helpful. I enjoyed the class as well as it helped me understand that the East Asian languages, and connect with my ethnic cultures along the way.

Thank you Kaori Idemaru and Hyunji Kim for teaching us this fall term!

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Hello everyone.

During the first month of my stay at the University of Oregon, I came across this restaurant that was intriguing to me. It is called “Uniquely Chengdu”. It is nearby the Duck Store if you walk down straight for a little bit, the restaurant is right near the Teriyaki Boy restaurant.  Below the English version of “Uniquely Chengdu”, the Chinese version is called “成都名小吃”. “成都” means Chengdu, “名” means popular, and “小吃” means street food. Although the English Version says “Uniquely Chengdu”, it could show that the restaurant wants to attract English-speaking people because of the authenticity, whereas for the non-English speaking people, they would be more intrigued that the restaurant is related to Asia, a different culture apart from America.

For this EALL class, I do not have any questions. My learning strategies in this class is that I am much more of a listener rather than reading, so I listen to alot to the class. I ask questions to my friends or those who are near me. I also take notes as well as go through the presentation. What I feel like I’m learning a lot in this class is the Chinese and Japanese language. Personally, I am Korean and I have been living in Korean for about 4 years, so learning through another Asian culture is difficult, however, I am interested in those two languages and the similarities and difference between all three of them. There are times that this class be difficult, only because I can not read Chinese and Japanese well enough. However, despite the fact of my limit understanding of the Chinese and Japanese language, I would ask my friends who are native speakers to Chinese and Japanese, as well as go read through the homework that Mrs. Idemaru would assign.

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Before school started, I remember going around in Portland/Eugene so that I could be associated with the area. As I was mentally being prepared, for the time being, thinking that I would not have any Asian food anymore, I came across this Asian market store. This King’s Asian Market in Eugene, Oregon is on the 2100 W 11th Ave, Eugene OR 97402. In this photo, there is a Chinese letter that says “君怡阁”. The first character of the word means “king”, the second “happy”, and the third “building/house”. Since people that can not speak nor write Chinese would not be able to understand the writing, it does seem intriguing enough for them to come so that way they would buy things that are from Asia, rather than the common stuff they buy in American stores. 

I find this class challenging yet intriguing and interesting at the same time. I am always looking forward to learn more about the three main asian language (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean) that we are learning in class. Although it can be complicated, I can understand how they are all connected, yet not connected at the same time.

However, as a Korean person, while I can understand the Korean language concept, I struggle to understand Japanese and Chinese because I do not understand their language and their cultural idea’s and concepts that well. Although I am taking Japanese 101 in order to understand this class, as well as speak another language in my behalf, it can be difficult to know the difference between the three languages. Though I attend to this class very often and finish my homework on time, every class that I go is just alot to take in under 50 minutes. Despite of the challenges I face, I still go over the past presentation and ask questions to people around me so that way I could get a better understanding of the class.

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Hi my name is Hannah Kim and I am currently a freshman at the University of Oregon. I was born and raised in Washington State and I moved to South Korea in 9th grade, which I graduated high school there and I moved back. My parent is still currently in South Korea, my older sister is going to move to California soon, and my older brother is currently in Washington State. I joined this East Asia Language and Literature class because, during the time when I was in Korea, I was intrigued by the way how people interacted with each other and how people behave with one another. I was also very interested in how Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages all started and the differences between all of them.

In this East Asia Language and Literature class, the issues that I have in this course is understanding other languages (Chinese and Japanese) since I only understood my language (Korean). However, this will help me to understand why the compare and contrast are important since it is common for other people to say that all the Asian countries are very similar to each other. The teaching methods of the course is interesting. It helps me stay focus, especially with the IClicker, which I have never done before. As of right now, I do not have any questions. And I am excited about to learn more in this class.