Monday, May 1, 2017

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!

Monday, April 24, 2017

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!

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

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!

Monday, March 27, 2017

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〜〜〜



Monday, February 20, 2017

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

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

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!