Goal and Activity Blog

おはよう、

My goals for Japanese are to:
1. Improve on fluidity and clarity. I can currently understand and pick out hiragana characters but I would like to be able to read them and speak them at an accelerated rate.

2. Improve on word pitch. Make sure that my words and sentence phrases have the correct pitch patterns too. Practice speaking new words in their correct speech patterns in class and outside class (for 10 minutes) M, W, and F. Use Suzuki-san/OJAD for help.

3. Obtain a more native Japanese accent. Both American and Chinese, I have a distinct accent that, when I speak Japanese, makes my Japanese sound unauthentic and foreign. I hope to speak greetings and our learned words more quickly and naturally.

Activity Goals for improving my Japanese:

1. Go to language tables at least twice a month to practice my Japanese with Makino-sensee and other Japanese peers/professors.

2. Record shadowing of textbook chapter audio sections (SAM). Submit one per week to Shibata-sensee.

3. Review previous chapters for 30 mins on both Saturday and Sunday prior to Monday's classes. Refresh on uncertain terms.

3. Listen to Japanese music for 15 minutes every other day and try to pick out words you know.

4. Study abroad this summer in Japan or do an internship/global seminar in Japan.

I look forward to accomplishing my goals and improving my Japanese!

じゃあ、また！

ちぇんさん
(Chen-san)

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