At my job, I'm either really needed or really not. It's usually the latter. (Latter is the second one right?) I have lots of time to sit in front of the computer. Today I realized that I could let my mind go to mush by perusing facebook and other non-productive things OR I could increase in my knowledge of topics that I want to learn about! The internet is an endless source of information. I got really excited about the list that I made because acquiring knowledge is such a fulfilling thing. Many people would look at my list and think "How boring!" but I am very excited about each topic. I'm very passionate about language and culture. It fascinates me for some reason.
Topics I want to research:
-Native language acquisition
-Foreign language acquisition
-The bilingual brain
-The effect of culture on personal reality
-Language and its effect on personal identity
-Effective foreign language teaching methods
-Sociolinguistics
-Psycholinguistics
-The international phonetic alphabet
-Speech therapy
Quote from Finding Nemo: "Alright, here we go! We're ready to learn to get some knowledge!"
If you take Spanish 377, it goes over some of that. I would venture to say that it's probably a required class for you. I found it very interesting.
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