七転び八起き

(nanakorobi yaoki) 


Literal Translation: stumbling seven times but recovering eight.

私は　毎日　ブログ　かきます。日本語のじゅぎょうは　とても　むすかしくて　たいへんです、でも　私は　それが好きです。　

木曜日に　プリテレが　あるので、　べんきょうします。　プリテレは　たのしいです。私は　ロボットです。

私は　 たくさん　テストが　あるので、毎日　べんきょうします。

The quote at the top is something I am going to start doing on a lot of my blog posts because I feel like there are many great quotes out there that accurately describe my experience learning Japanese. The one I picked for today is definitely an accurate description of how I feel. I think I am constantly being challenged and while sometimes I fail I refuse to give up, instead I want to come back even stronger. I am going to study a lot for my Japanese oral and written final because it's the perfect chance to prove to myself that I can do this. Hopefully all the work that I put in will show. I still have my Princeton in Ishikawa information posted at my desk for motivation. 

I am looking forward to reviewing material in class in order to practice for the final. 

私のしゅみ

たいてい　うんどうを　するので　スポーツと　ジョギングが　好きです。バスケットボールや　フットボール　好きです。

フットボールは　みるのも　するのも　大好きです。　月曜日と　水曜日に　ジョギングを　します。 毎日　ごぜん　六時半に　ヂロン　ジムに　いきます。　この　とても　むずかしくて、　たいへんです、でも　たのしです。

私の 週

こんにちは

あまり　しゅくだいが　ないので、いそがしかったです。金曜日に　日本語のじゅぎょうが　あって、えいがを　みて、きっさてんに　友だちと　こんばんは　たべに　いきました。えいがは　たのしくて、おもしろかったです。　土曜日に　友だちと　あって、　サッカーを　して、シヤワーを　あびました。そして　へやは　そうじを　して、　せんたくを　しました。日曜日に　ごぜん　ろく時半に　おて、　たいいくかんに　うんどうを　しに　いきました。そして　しゅくだいを　しました。プリンストンのしくだい　とても　むずかしいです。ルームメートと　ゲームを　して、ごご　く時半に　ねました。らい週　中間テストが　あるので、こんばん　べんきょうします。

Reflection for Cycle 2 & Goal Statement for Cycle 3

In Cycle 2 I really didn't accomplish as much as I wanted to. I let the concepts in class go over my head and didn't solidify anything until the day before the test. I find that studying the material in the book and practicing written material allows me to have a comfortable approach with pronunciation. Therefore in this cycle since I was lagging behind the written material I was lagging behind on my pronunciation. certain times in drill session I felt like I couldn't keep up.

My Goal:
To not have to think about conjugation or plain form of verbs when speaking. Another goal is to speak clearly instead of stopping starting and repeating phrases. By the end of this cycle I want to have an uninterrupted 5 minute conversation with one of my sensei's that contains as few errors and pauses as possible. In terms of shadowing I want to post at least one additional exercise onto Blackboard.

My Strategies:
I think I am finding out that a good strategy for class is to do the readings that are written on the schedule before each lecture or drill sections. That way things don' look so foreign to me in class. I found out in the last cycle that the material we are presented with can easily overwhelm you if you save it for the last minute instead of reading it as you go. That's why this cycle and up to the final I want to try this strategy to see if it will work. I have also found that I am good with simple memorization therefore from now on I am going to memorize the key phrases in the book that way on the tests and during drill sections I won't feel speechless.