Time flies. Six weeks ago I was starting this outstanding Japanese language course. I knew it would be difficult, but I couldn't imagine how tough it would be. I'm going to my Spring Break as a survivor. I use to imagining myself as Rocky Balboa in his movies. He always looses some fights, but in the end he is the winner. Well, I feel I also can do it. ;)
My goals on PE was:
- To speak Japanese properly, focusing on all intonations and rhythms.
- To identify the long syllables and pronounce them correctly.
- To identify double letters and pronounce them correctly.
Unfortunately, I'm not speaking Japanese as I would like to. I have some problems, especially in some free conversation. I can identify the long syllables and double letters, but sometimes I cannot pronounce them correctly. I'm working on it. Shibata-sensei has helped me a lot. By the way, I do love to do "shadowing". It's such a very good tool in order to improve our pronunciation.
My goals on the whole course was:
- To catch up with my classmates
- To increase my vocabulary
- To improve my listening
I'm not sure if I've caught with my classmates, but I'm close to. (I hope!). Definitely, my
vocabulary and listening has increased a lot. Of course I have to work more and more on
it. I use to saying Japanese is a language that we have to study for all life long.
For the next 6 weeks of
course, I NEED to:
•
Practice free conversation with my friends and
classmates, focusing on all intonations and rhythms.
•
Pronounce the long syllables and double letters
correctly.
•
Take more shadowing activities than I've taken.
How to reach my goals:
- To study harder than I've been studying.
- To talk to my Japanese friends
- To go to Japanese Tables
- To watch Japanese dramas and TV programs on Internet and read more mangas.
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