Goals:
My greatest
difficult with the first shadowing exercise was that I simply couldn’t speak
fast enough to keep up with the recording (my brain is still too slow in
“processing” Japanese). With all of my
struggles with speed, I was basically ignoring all the finer nuances of
pronunciation, pitch, and prosody that were supposed to be the actual focus of
the exercise. Hopefully with daily
engagement with Japanese (by things like reading the book, practicing shadowing
more frequently, going to office hours, and continuing to go to the language
table,), my speed will become less of an issue.
Reflections:
In the last
two weeks, I have gone to both of the language tables, but I could definitely devote
more time to practice shadowing. I have
also not yet been to any office hours yet, so that could help too.