Thursday, May 5, 2016

Final Blog Reflection

Hello and welcome to my blog reflection!

This half of the semester I was able to record a free conversation to increase my fluency. I also recorded a shadowing exercise to increase my speed.

Though I still struggle with speed, I think continuing to listen to Japanese and practice will help this aspect of my learning.

This half of the semester I was advised to work on my double consonants and flat pitches. I kept those in mind in my subsequent PE and was able to improve a bit. I think, if I remember to work on these things, they will continue to improve.

I will also work to include emotion in my voice when speaking. That I can practice in speak setting through Japanese class.

I think I made great progress but there is still so much to go!

Thank you for reading,
Alina

Sunday, May 1, 2016

日本

日本にいったら、たくさんおいしう食べ物を食べたいです。とまごボーロとうめぼしとちゃわむしとおこのめやき食べたいです。そして、ゆめいのおてらに行きたいです。まつりに行きたい。それで、ダンスをしたい。ダンスがとても好きです。ぼんおどりしたいです。



Wednesday, April 13, 2016

好きなきせつ

好きなきせつは夏です。夏には私のたんじょうびです。とてもよっかたですね。たんじょうびに、ケーキとアイスクリームを食べました。ゲームをしました。そして、夏に毎日晴れです。いい天気です。シアトルで、毎日雨がふります。でも、夏はとても晴れです。みなさんはプールでおよぎます。とてもいいです。



Tuesday, March 22, 2016

春休み

春休みはとてもやさしい。シアトルに行きました。お母さんのりょうりをたべってとてもよっかたでした。友達と会って、たくさん話したました。びじょつかんにいきました。えがすごかったです。ワシントン大学をにもいきました。ワシントン大学は今、さくらがありました。とてもきれいでした。

Monday, March 21, 2016

Hello!

It is once again time to do my blog reflection.

For my pronunciation I will work to understand the intonation of the prosody exercise. For this, I will go to office hours twice this semester.

I also found that my problems were not the double consonant but getting each syllable right. Therefore, I will practice saying everything correctly slowly.

I find that in pronunciation, it is difficult to talk at a fast speed, getting every syllable right and saying what is needed to be said. I think this is a matter of practice and so I will practice having more conversations in Japanese to increase my fluency. I can do part of this through the Speak Everywhere exercise.

I will work to increase my intonation during speaking and emotion in my voice.

Hopefully, I will improve during this half of the semester in my speaking.

Best,
Alina

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

家族

私の家族は三人です。私は一人っ子です。みんなはじてんしゃが好きです。父はくろい目がしていて、せが高いです。母はかみがくろくていつもズボンをはいています。母も父もしんせつです。私はいつも Tシャツをきています。三人はいいと思いますから、しょうらいのかぞくも三人家族がいいです。だから、しょうらいの子どもはひとりがいいいです。

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Pronunciation Exercise Goals





My long term goal throughout my four years at Princeton is to become proficient in Japanese. Therefore, I have a few goals smaller goals to work up to this:

Pronunciation: Long term, I would like to achieve fluency indistinguishable from native Japanese speakers.
Speed – I would like to be to speak at the speed of native speakers.
Mimic – I would like to hear a short phrase from a Japanese speaker and be able to repeat it.

To achieve this I will:

Watch anime and Japanese drama once a month
Do shadowing exercises once every two weeks
Listen to Japanese music twice a week
Attend the Japanese Language Tables once a month