PE Goal for the New Semester!!

みなさん、こんばんは！！

The first thing I want to mention is how excited I am for this semester! Last semester I learned a lot about tone in Japanese pronunciation. Earlier on in the year I didn't know that Japanese had any kind of sound structure, but was merely just a phonetic language with basic pronunciation. But after learning about tone and doing the PE exercises I feel like I have a good grasp on it. That being said, there is much I can improve upon, especially speed. In order to successfully improve my speed in talking and comprehension, I need to go to office hours and the Japanese tables regularly. I also want to continue doing the "anime shadowing" exercises which are very fast. If I can get to that level of speed then I will be content.

Until next time!

じゃまった！

Final Reflection!

こんばんは！
While I did not fully achieve what I was expecting, I still feel like I have accomplished a lot of my goals for this part of the semester. I went to the Japanese table almost every week, I spent more time on Kanji, I started watching new Japanese Anime and live action films, while still looking back on the older films that I loved. I could have, however, gone to office hours more often to converse with one of the 先生 and there isn't really an excuse for that. I also wanted to have written more film reviews. All in all, this was an amazing semester. My interest in Japanese has soared and I can't wait to dig deeper into this beautiful and expressive language and culture. Excited to begin a New Year!
あけましておめでとうございます！

サム

ふゆやすみ！

今日は！ふやすみはとてもよかったです！
ふやすみにかぞくといっしょにうちへかえりました。ぼくのうちはアパートです。かぞくでごにんひとがいますがアパートにへやがいつつあります。それから、あにふたりといっしょにえいがをみました。えいがのなまえは˾Revenant̚です。えいがはとてもよかったです。それから、レストランでばんごはんをたべました。たべものはおいしくてやすかったです。ははといっしょにデパートでプレセントをかいました。チョコレートとほんとVINYLをかいました。VINYLはとてもきれいですが、ちょっとたかいです。

あけましておめでとうございます！

私のてがみ

サンクスギビングのやすみ！

サンクスギビングのやすみはたのしくておもしろかったです。私のかぞくといしょにニューヨークにかえります。おいしいばんごはんをたべました。そして、たくさんパイとイスクリームをたべて、おちゃとコーヒーをのみました。それから、あにゲームをあびました。かぞくを見て、私はうれしいです。

PE 7 Reflection!

I improved greatly in Japanese and I think I followed my original plan for Japanese learning very well. I went to the language table every week and I went to office hours a couple of times as well. I should have gone to office hours more and I will try to do so in the future.

In terms of speaking, I definitely improved in speed, however, sometimes my Japanese can sound very unnatural. I need to speak with more emotion and feeling.

In terms of updating my goals, I will continue to go to the Japanese table, but my goal of going to the Forbes Japanese table every Monday was a bit extreme. I will try to go there at least once a month, but I will continue to go to the first year Japanese table every week.

That's all for now!
じゃまった！

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