I’d say language is a way for people to communicate with others, such as passing stories to others, telling others what to do, or sharing ideas with others. Culture is a set of values and social norms that a society as a whole holds. Culture and language often go hand in hand, as people who have their own culture often have their own language, or dialect of a language. For me, I’m Chinese born American, but the two cultures are somewhat separate for me, as I’ll go home to a Chinese immigrant family, but spend my time as an American outside of my family. At home, I’ll primarily speak Chinese, but I’m not too good at it so I’ll sprinkle in some English. Meanwhile, my parents speak only Chinese, which helps illustrate a cultural difference between us. I’ve been spoken to slowly before, since my parents have pretty heavy Chinese accents. I guess this is a misconception about Chinese immigrants, and that they don’t have a great understanding of English, despite how it’s my primary language. They see I’m Chinese, so they assume that I don’t have a great grasp of English.

For basic audio editing, I am pretty confident in my abilities. In the past, I’ve done some video productions that involved voiceovers, so I have some skills from that. I know to monitor audio levels so I don’t peak, as well as how to use Audacity to record and cut different clips together. I can also do some basic effects, like changing pitch. For more complex stuff like high/low pass filters, compressors, etc. I don’t really know how to use them or when to use them. So, for now, fancy voice effects are off the table.