夏休みの予定

こんにちは、

みなさんの夏休み要諦は何ですか。

僕は今年の夏休みの予定はPIIですね。とても楽しそうですね。PIIで行きたいことがたくさんあるんですね。でも、今もう計画した要諦は夏休み楽器の中である休みに韓国からくる家族と関西涼子ですよ。PIIの中で新しい友達とたくさん涼子したいです。多分朱抹に。

そして、一年生の時の日本絵の授業の教授が僕に金沢に市場の石井レストランをお薦めできますね。ですから、金沢にたくさん食べるの準備準備はいいですね。

じゃあ、またね!

先週は大変だね。。。

こんにちは、

みなさんの朱抹はどうでしたか。私のはちょっと大変ですね。

どうして？

トレーニングをしすぎましたね。なぜならば,あまりにも無理だから、体がいたくて寝られなかったんです。それでも、宿題はしました。そうして、両親と電話した後に気分はよくなりました。論文とテストが多いこのごろ健康に気をつけなさいよ。

じゃあ、またね!

Midterm PE Reflection

こんばんは。

Progress Made:

Accuracy of Pitch and Intonation

While I believe overall phrase-level intonations have improved (natural へ), pitch is an area where I still struggle (i.e. the Prosody Listening Exercises) especially at the word-level (though I've begun to memorize pitches for more vocabulary without help from suzuki-kun).

Pace/Speed During Recordings

Over time, based on my own reflection and on feedback from しばたせんせい, issues with awkward, wrong pauses and rushing are an area where I seem to improved significantly and the speed of my speaking is generally more natural.

Confidence During Conversation

Again, the volume at which I speak has definitely improved, which is a good sign in terms of confidence and I believe I've been willing to be confident and stretch the use of my Japanese (i.e. use of new vocab). However, when in actual, non-guided conversation situations, my confidence in speech I know is still very shaky and buffering.

Listening Abilities 

To become a better speaker, I need to be good at picking up on what the correct pronunciation is. I have definitely improved (reflected in my test vs. midterm listening sections) in identifying parts like voiced consonants. My listening has also improved in identifying and understanding more recently learned/complex grammar structures.

今後の計画:

Production Practice

• Refer to OJAD for accuracy while doing extra shadowing exercises from databases such as the poems in kizuna311
• Invest more time into existing PE exercises
• Do Nakama-related exercises 

Speaking Opportunities

• Attend either the Japanese language table at Forbes or Mathey-Rocky per week
• Go to office hours for free conversation sessions

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!

春休みに何したか？

こんにちは、

みなさんの春休みはどうでしたか。中間テスト以降にたくさん寝ましたか。私は今度の休みには海外旅行に行きませんでした。今度の休みにはニューヨークとボストンに行って友達と会って映画を見ました。春休みはとても楽しくて、よかったですよ。

じゃあ、またね!

ニューヨークのAMC映画館でローガンを見ました！

ボストンの歴史地区はとても綺麗です〜〜〜

ビデオブログ: 私の家族

ビデオブログスクリプト: 私の家族

皆さんこんにちは。

今から私の家族を紹介させて頂きます。

私は4人家族です。

今はソウルに住んでいます。

これは家族写真。

こちらが 父です。

父は投資会社をしています。 

たまにきびしいが、 非常におもしろいです。 

前に水泳をするので、体格がいいですね

こちらが母です。 

母はイタリア語教授です。

家族の中で、料理をするのが上手です。 

こちらは私の弟です。 

弟は私のいうことあまりきかないんですが、それでもとても品説とかわいいです。

今、家族の中で、一番背が高いです。

そして、私の家族の趣味は野球場に行くことです。

以上で私の家族の紹介を終わらせて頂きます。

ありがとうございました。

また会いましょう

PE Reflection + JPN102 PE Plan (頑張ります!)

こんばんは。

It has already been 一学期 since the start of my 日本語の挑戦. 時間が本当に早いですね。Below are some reflections I have on the progress I made during semester 1 and how I hope to improve in the future:

Progress Made:

Accuracy of Pitch and Intonation

While I believe overall phrase-level intonations have improved, pitch is an area where I still struggle (i.e. the Prosody Listening Exercises) especially at the word-level.

Pace/Speed

Over time, based on my own reflection and on feedback from しばたせんせい, issues with awkward, wrong pauses and rushing are an area where I seem to improved significantly and the speed of my speaking is generally more natural.

Confidence

The volume at which I speak has definitely improved, which is a good sign in terms of confidence and I believe I've been willing to be confident and stretch the use of my Japanese (i.e. use of new vocab). However, when in actual, non-guided conversation situations, my confidence in speech is still shaky.

Listening Abilities 

To become a better speaker, I need to be good at picking up on what the correct pronunciation is. I have definitely improved (reflected in my test vs. midterm listening sections) in identifying parts like voiced consonants. However, I believe I'm still to slow in processing what I've listened to.

JPN102 PE Plan:

Production Practice

• Refer to OJAD for accuracy while doing extra shadowing exercises from databases such as the poems in kizuna311
• Invest more time into existing PE exercises
• Do Nakama-related exercises 

Speaking Opportunities

• Attend the Japanese language table weekly at Mathey-Rocky as well as the other residential college locations to challenge myself and stretch my command of the language
• Attend せんせえ's office hours with more of a focus on conversation and more practice
• Go to office hours for free conversation sessions

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!

私の中休み

こんばんは、

先週、私はヨーロッパの旅行に行きました。ソンさんとノルウェーとドイツ、チェコとオーストリア,そしてデンマークに行きました。とても忙しかったです。国の中で私はデンマークが一番好きでした。デンマークのコペンハーゲンはたくさん海の幸ときれいな建物があったので、私は楽しかったです。皆さんもぜひ一度行ってください。

読んでくれてありがとう。
じゃあ、またね!

Final PE Reflection

こんばんは。

It has now been 学期 since the start of my 日本語の挑戦. 楽しかったですね。Below are some reflections I have on the progress I've made on my pronunciation and speaking goals during JPN101:

Progress Made on Goals:

Accuracy of Pitch and Intonation

I think that I have made some progress in PE in terms of pitch and intonation. I believe I am able to memorize pitch and intonations of words fairly well. But as, reflected in shadowing assignments, I tend to concentrate on intonations and speed, but in the process pronounce wrong syllables. I believe more practice and speaking practice is important. I hope to continue more practice in the coming semester.

Pace/Speed

I think I have improved the most in terms of pace and speed. My shadowing has been consistently receiving positive feedback when it comes to the pace and speed category. However, I still have a great space to improve in terms of clarity and intonation and cannot allow speed to sacrifice the former. My hope is to be do well at both simultaneously going forward.

Confidence

Through weekly practice, video blogs and free conversation, I've had a very good spectrum of opportunities to improve my confidence. I believe that I am willing to speak even when hesitant, but the fundamental issue with confidence I believe now stems from the need to simply review more. I hope to increase my weekly review schedule in semester 2.

Listening Abilities 

I believe my listening abilities is the area where I have the greatest space to improve, whether its listening to the shadowing examples or in dict-a-conversation. I believe I am still slow in both recognition (have to write down in romaji) as well as in sensing intonations/extended vowels. I hope to do more textbook/workbook listening exercises for the PE next semester.

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!

私のふゆ休み!

こんばんは。

あけましておめでとうございます。ふゆ休み䛿どうでしたか。私はふゆ休みはよっかたです。おばあさんのうちに行きました。かぜがあるので、大変でした。でもクリスマスにたくみおじさんのまちでかぞくのパチがあるので、楽ですね。

かぞくのしゃしん　😊

読んでくれてありがとう。

じゃあ、またね!