Anne Chen

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[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

The most memorable lesson from LING 107 was how to use the phonetic alphabet. It's still really difficult for me to read and translate, but I can see how useful this skill would be. I would be able to read words with the correct pronunciation! #ling107f22

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

Grammatical issues used to be really hard for me to explain because I didn't know how to explain why a mistake was wrong. There was definitely a lot of things I've learned from this class to add to my toolkit too! #ling107f22

[Tara Feldman @tfeldsjsu]

The most memorable thing I've learned this semester is how to help my future students with common grammatical issues. There are many ways to teach these subjects and make them interactive and fun for kids, and I've added them all to my teacher toolkit! #ling107s22 #finalthoughts

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

The other day my roommate asked me "Do you have the tweezers?" I knew exactly what tweezers she was looking for because of the situation. We have multiple tweezers but only one is sharp and precise. We swap that one the most often. #Ling107f22

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

@JoannaLing107 I like to think of "where" being related to going somewhere whereas "were" is the past plural tense of was. For example, "I was going" to "We were going."

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

@Maggiekwok0824 My guess is that "turning off" the light is a more abbreviated form of "turning" the light switch into the off position. Another explanation could be that "close" in Chinese has multiple definitions that "close" in English doesn't have.

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

@pk10780 I've heard other languages' versions of animal sounds. Some sounds are similar but others are shockingly different. Maybe they chose the sound based off the sound of the animal and how well they can write it in a language.

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

Often times, I have difficulty explaining why words are in a particular order in a sentence or why one word might be better than another. How could I explain how English grammar is structured? #Ling107f22

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

Oftentimes when I am tutoring, I try to softly "suggest" that there could be a different answer to the question because my student could use a better word to communicate a message by asking "Could there be a different way to say this?" #Ling107f22

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

She got the whole class to pick up on these words and use them in our day to day language. She inspired me to become a teacher because of how she used language to encourage classroom community. 2/2

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

My language role model is my 6th grade teacher Mrs. Camastro. I vividly remember her reading to my class and how her tone and cadence drew us into the book. Her vocabulary became an inside joke of my class because she used uncommon words. 1/2 #LING107f22

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

I was abruptly woken up by forever ringing alarm blaring in my ears. I hit snooze for the third time that morning as my heavy eyes slowly closing again, with my dreams of a better day tugging me back to sleep. #cnftweet #LING107f22

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

I saw this sign next to the elevators at school. I thought it was interesting that it included "do" signs and "do not" signs. The sign indicates that during a fire, you shouldn't use the elevators or the buttons to the elevator. Instead, use the stairs for safety. #ling107f22

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

A new word, or definition, I learned this week was reduplication in my ChAD 135 class. The definition I always thought of was to duplicate something again. Now, I know when a baby says wawa for water, they are reduplicating. #ling107f22

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

@lingthusiasm is a great account to find resources relating to linguistics! This account is for their podcast and I like how they repost linguistic observations from other accounts. #Ling107f22

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

A work I think everyone has a hard time pronouncing is Worcestershire, like the sauce. Even now I'm not totally sure how to pronounce it. I say "wor-ces-shure". How do you say it? #ling107f22

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

@KylaPrince8 Every time I see the work bologna I read it the way it is spelled before I read it the right way. I know the word is Italian but it's still hard to read and write every time I come across it.

[Anne Chen @AnneChe74609337]

I was playing a game, and I noticed that you only say the letter "q" when you read "queue". The first time I saw this word, I had no idea how to read it because it is not pronounced the way it is spelled. #LING107f22