Where I Am

Session 2 of school is almost finished! I have been here at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL) since July, and so far I have been loving my classes! This semester I am only taking two classes, phonetics and phonology, as I am just getting started with my requirements for getting me to the field long term. Phonetics class is all about learning the sounds that humans make in order to communicate. We get to learn everything from how to make the simple every day letters all the way up to making and using clicks in language! Phonology so far has been about learning more about how the sounds that we learned in phonetics are used in languages. As phonetics draws close to its end, I am very much so looking forward to getting even more involved with my Phonology class. Understanding how people use sounds in their language is so important when it comes to teaching them to read. It really is great to be getting into classes where I can see directly how they will impact my future missions.