Spring Semester PE Goals Statements

From last semester, I realized that I severely lack the speaking skill especially when it comes to voiced sound and words written with katakana. With words borrowed from the English language, I kept pronouncing them using English accent. To remedy these problems, I decide that I will read all katakana words out syllable by syllable when I encounter it. This will hopefully help me to pronounce English words in a more Japanese way.

I also think I need to separate each syllable of a word properly. I need to keep the length of my moras constants.

 Furthermore, I also need to be able to construct sentence in my head faster and more confidently. I will have to go to more Japanese language table. However, I also realized my time constraint, so I don’t really know how often I can go to the language table. I will try to go at least every other week from now. Thus, from the observations above, I will revise my plan as follow:

1. I will do all vocab pronunciation exercise to learn how to say each word one by one. I will do all chapters' dialog shadowing and simulation to speak more naturally.

2. I will make sure to pronounce each English word using katakana properly.

3. I will attend at least 2 Japanese language table per month.

4. I will search for Japanese lyrics of songs when I listen to it.

Hopefully, this would lead me closer to my original goal, which is to be fluent in Japanese enough to sound like a Japanese person!

Kasarn J