Final PE Reflection

こんばんは　みんなさん、

As always, it is surprising how quickly time passes. The semester is already ending, and it is the time for final reflection of how much I have accomplished my goals.

I think I have made a progress this semester. It is definitely not as much I as I have hoped to make, but nevertheless I am confident I have made a solid progress toward speaking Japanese more fluently. I am able to more quickly come up with words appropriate for the situation. However, I still find that I need more practice with conjugation and sentence structure.

Next semester, I will go to the Japanese language table more frequently and to make more office hours appointment to practice talking more.

I believe self-practicing conjugation is appropriate. I will review all conjugations I know (Polite/Plain Past/Present, て-form, ので, んです) for nouns, adjective, and verbs. I will make sure I do this before the final. Based on the result, I will keep doing this to improve my speaking speed

じゃあ　また二学期まで！
ジラデシャシャイ

シークレットサンタ

三週前、クリスマスのときにアメリカの流行っているの「シークレットサンタ 」　です。「シークレットサンタ 」は三人でできるのあそびです。でも、人多いの方がおもしろいです。まつ、宝くじで　相手をきめます。相手も他の人と　宝くじできめます。相手のくみあわせはひみつです。そのあと、自分の相手にプレセントかいます！ついに、交換の日にプレセントを相手に渡します。

僕は今年のおもしろいシークレットサンタの話があります。ぐうせん　相手とおんなじ同じのプレセントかいました！！！！

このほんです！

この本は大きいおしゃれです。全ての科学のシステムを　簡単な言葉でせつめいをします！！！

これのおかげで、僕のクリスマスはとてもおもしろがったです！

みんなさのはどうでしたか。

ジラデシャシャイ

ルーメトのりゅうとに　てがみをかきました。日本人なので、りょうとは冬休みに日本にかえります。僕らはたくさんおなじのじょうぎょうがあります。本当に彼をおせわになります。ここで彼へのあらがたいきもちをおつがれします。

じゃあ　みんさん、来年で、
カサーン

Totally unrelated but why not...

さいきん　じょうぎょうといそがしいすきて　じかんがありません。それで、あまりおもしろいものを　post できません。すみません。今いちばんおもしろいものは　これです。

Thermodynamics は　かなりむずかしいわだいですが、このきょうかしょはとてもよみやすいです。日本と　かんけいは　ありませんが、とてもいいきょうかしょです。ぜひ、これをよんでください！

じゃあ、
カサーン

Goal Statement Revision

おはようごさいます！

Now it is the time for me to go back and reflect on how much I have done in the past few months. I feel that I have become somewhat stronger at speaking. However, there is still a lot of room for improvement. I have followed most of the guidelines that I made with an exception of going to Japanese Language Table three times per month. I have realized that it is impossible to follow with my schedule, so I decided to reduce it to only one per month. Also, I am adding practicing sentence structure that is taught in class as a new exercise. I came to realize that quickly recalling sentence structure is very important to speaking skill. Thus, these are the changes:

1. Go to Japanese Language Table at least once a month. (instead of three)
2. List sentence structure I learn in class and practice them individually. The goal is to remember what sentences I have learned and to recall them quickly.

まだしゅくだいがあります。　いまそれをします。 じゃ、また。

カサーン

これはぼくのじこうしょうかいです！　そんにおもしろくありませんが　みてください！

カサーン

Learning Goal

こんばんは、

My goal in Japanese learning this semester is the following:

1. Speaking: I want to be able to speak naturally. I think speaking exactly like a native speaker is too tall an order (case in point, my English, hahaha). However, I will not make the same mistake as I did with English language by trying to identify and fix all my pronunciation early on before it becomes a habit. Thus, I will focus on pronouncing word one by one and not rush it. My main goal for the semester is to be able to speak correctly and confidently!

2. Listening: This is skill that I am most confident of. After all, I have been consuming quite a bit of Japanese media. My goal for listening skill is to recognize grammar structure and to listen more comprehensively. I wish to become better at picking up small details in speech. Also, I want to be able to not just understand but differentiate voices so that I can reproduce it in writing.

3. Reading: My goal is to be able to read most if not all of Japanese material with furigana on it with a certain level of comprehension. I also want to be able to assign word meaning more quickly to the text just by looking at it not reading it aloud.

4. Writing: I want to use my writing skill to enhance my understanding of Japanese. For example, I want to be able to transcribe Japanese sound I hear.

How I will reach my goals:

I probably won't reach all of them in this semester, hahaha. The goals I list are merely what I want to achieve, but my schedule is probably not made for them. I will refer to them as my ideals and remind myself I have more to do!

But this is how I will try to reach those goals:

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 attend at least 3 Japanese language table per month with possible exception if I have a major project or test due on Wednesday.

3. I will find and read Japanese reading material and read for 2 hours per week.

4. I will continue to listen to Japanese music, but I will switch to looking up lyrics in Japanese instead of karaoke language.

These I believe are very minimal. However, as a freshmen, I have absolutely no clue how busy I am going to be, so I will just go with something I can probably do for sure!

Thanks for reading this, or taking a glance at this,
またね！
Kasarn J