Reflection

As we near the end of the semester, and our presentations/papers are done, I have been able to reflect on what I read in this class. There was nice element of "real life" use of the language and this made a difference in my enthusiasm to learn the technical aspect. In addition, I enjoyed the fact that it was truly related to the Southwest, and we all had an opportunity to relate on a personal level to the topics. There were elements that we could easily transfer to the classroom and this was a nice plus. In summary, I gained information that I never thought would be provided in a linguistics course.