Neha Myneni's Senior Project: Learning Olandese and Italiaans

The End       This final week, Chloé and I buckled down and proceeded to thoroughly achieve a comprehensive and cultural understanding of Italian and Dutch. Based on our previous difficulties, such as having trouble reconciling our vocabulary with the many grammatical structures, we were able to find resources tailored specifically to our needs. We had been previously using websites and books without delving heavily into videos, until this final week. By finding certain videos, we were able to understand the logic behind certain grammar rules that we were previously unclear and became much better at using vocabulary with proper grammar. We were also able to meet in person, which made writing and conversation easier than it was previously, perhaps best demonstrated in us singing songs in Italian and in Dutch. We also spent a lot of time reviewing our previous knowledge by attempting to speak spontaneously and writing down what we learned. This proved to be a great ...

Plotting the Final Destination This week, Chloé and I decided to buckle down and create a more concise plan for the rest of our project based off of our current standing which was very difficult to predict at the beginning. We hope to continue learning Dutch and Italian in addition to showcasing that understanding through different lingual applications such as taping a cooking segment, memorizing song lyrics, etc. In this way, we will be able to achieve three goals of learning a language which are understanding its application, utilizing it appropriately, and building a cultural context. As such, next week is going to full of different and unique ways to showcase how far we have come in learning Dutch and Italian.  One interesting moment this week occurred when I noticed my tendency to pronounce Italian words with a similar style that I used to pronounce French words and I noticed that I did the same for Dutch with English. This is presumably due to my background in both French and...