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サンクスギビング

サンクスギビングの休みにプリンストンにいました。トルコとやすいをたべました。べんきょうして、ほんをよんで、おんがくをきいて、りょうしんとでんわではなしました。ともだちとあいませんでした。

クリスマスの休みにいきますオースティンにいくので、クリスマス野法が好きです。

オースチン

わたしはオースチンからきました。オースチンはりっぱなまちですよ。オースチンはおおきこうえんがあります。よくこうえんにジョギングをしました。オースチンはおもしろいひとがいます。サンタラブロックとランスアルスツログとマシューミカナゲがいます。オースチンはわたしのとてもいいともだちもいます。

PE6: Reflection & Goals

Shadowing is the currently the single most difficult part of this class for me.  In trying to do the recording for this week, I was disappointed to learn that it hasn't gotten any easier.  Tellingly, although I wrote in this blog previously that I hoped to practice shadowing more frequently, I did not successfully carry through with this goal.
On a more positive note, I have been fairly good about attending Japanese Language Tables and office hours when I have the time.
My goal for the rest of the semester is for my shadowings to be better in quality and less stressful to make.  In order to accomplish this, I will more consistently do everything I intended to do when I wrote my first PE blog reflection.  I especially want to practice shadowing as much as possible, almost daily if I can.

わたしのしゅうまつ

わたしはこのしゅうまつべきょしました。こんしゅうさんテストがあります。フリストホールとレウスのとしょかんで べきょしました。どようびにごごしちじはんにプリンストンだいがくのオーケストラコンサートにいきました。とてもよかったですよ。あまりコンサトにいきません、でもクラシカルがだいすきです。

じゃ、また。

Goals for PE2

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.