Midterm Reflection

こんにちは、
Midtermはちょっとむずかしいと思いました。でも、テストよりMidtermの方がやさしいです。While I thought the Midterm was hard, it was better than the first test this semester. Unfortunately,  I made a lot of careless spelling and particle errors on the Midterm. While the Midterm overall was not as great as I had hoped, I studied really hard. There was also not a lot of time to finish the long test and I am glad I was able to get through the end (I was rushing on the last section though). I also know I can do better on the final, especially since there will be more time for checking. I will continue to work hard and try my best again this quarter!

Some key areas I need to improve on:
1. Careless mistakes. I need to make sure to check over my spelling and particles in the Dict-a-conversation part.
2. Working on the listening section. In both my test and midterm, my listening section was the weakest. It is still hard for me to catch all the words, especially since they are now spoken at a faster speed. I will continue to practice with the textbook listening activities and going to office hours.
3. Noun modification. In general, plain forms and particles for nouns.
4. Tense. Be sure to account for past tenses.
5. Speed. Get faster at writing.

Some areas I improved on or did well in:
1. Reading comprehension. My speed of reading is very fast too.
2. Particles/Grammar! I finally got this section all correct (first time ever!)
3. Casual speech

I do not know the results of my oral exam yet but I think I also practiced a lot for it and felt fluid speaking. I might have made a small error with "ne" and "yo" (for some reason, it's very instinctive for me to end with ne instead of yo. But overall I think I challenged myself to talk a lot and speak quickly, to use different kinds of grammar and to be accurate with my particles, and to have correct intonation. I liked having the oral after the written part because I felt like the written part prepared me better for the oral.

リリアン・チェン

4th Quarter Goal Revisions

こんばんは！
Here are my revised goals from spring semester:

1. Go to Sato-sensee's office hours twice a week. さとう先生のオフィスに火曜日と木曜日に行きましょう。
2. Go to Shibata-sensee's office hours once a week to review Thursday's PE shadowing assignment + practice speaking. 
3. Write in blog two times a week to practice/review the Japanese we learned in class (ie. grammar, vocab, sayings, etc).
4. Go to Japanese Table once a month
5. Review past Japanese grammar/vocabulary on weekends.
6. *optional* Learn about famous Japanese locations/ monuments

While I did a good job to go to office hours twice a week with さとう先生 and sometimes once a week with しばた先生, I think some of my other goals were a bit lofty.

I was able to continuously post in my blog, although not always twice a week. Some weeks had more posts while some weeks had none. I will continue to make an effort to post twice a week because it is very fun and good practice to do so. 

I also will try to stick to a new goal of going to 日本語ターブル once a month.

I will have to drop my goal of listening to Japanese podcasts. While I will continue to listen to the soundtracks of きみにのなわ and Miyazaki's films in my free time, I will have to find more effective ways of practicing listening and speaking, like doing the workbook listening activities when I review on weekends. I will also have to shorten my review sessions on weekends. 

I've also added a goal of researching famous Japanese locations/monuments. I want to do this culture activity because I want to create vector graphics of these places on Illustrator (since I am trying to improve my skills in Illustrator as well). I think this would be a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

YukiKitchen Website

みなさん、
下のおもしろいウェブサイトをチェックしてください。かわいい日本のベジタリアンのりょうりがあります。とてもおいしそうです！

http://yukitchen.com/

http://yukitchen.com/vegan-ramen-with-a-pola-bear/

何が一番おいしそうですか。何が一番かわいいと思いますか。コメントをしてください。

Nassau Sushi Restaurant Review

こんにちは！

ナッソーストリートの日本のレストランの中でNassau Sushiが一番おいしいと思います。去年と今年三回レストランに行きました。

昨日は友だちとNassau Hallの前で会って、いっしょにNassau Sushiレストランに晩ごはんを食べに行きました。

昨日の朝はハーフマラソンをしたので、とてもたべたかったです。かんこくのりょうりをちゅうもんしたけど、Tofu Stewがからくなかったです。おいいしそうだったから、ごはん二つやたくさんやさいを食べました。友だちは大きいすしと"Ohmu"ライスをちゅうもんしました。友だちと話して、楽しかったですよ。

みなさん、ひまな時にNassau Sushiに行きましょうか。

Spring Break 春休み

今年の春休みはとても楽しかったです。

土曜日から木曜日まで、ジョキングクラブ の友だちとNorth Carolina のOak Island ビーチに行きました。くるまで　9時間ぐらいかかります。ドライブの時間がとてもながくて、たくさん寝ましたよ。

Oak Island の天気がいいですが、ちょっと寒くて、毎日晴れですね。うみはとてもきれいだったけど、とても寒いと思いました。

毎あさは友だちとジョギングをしたり、ギターをひいたり、ゲームをしたりしました。うだうのとジョギングが大好きです。晩はいっしょにりょうりを作ったから、おいしそうなごはんを食べました。

そして、よくえいがを見たり本を読んだりしました。１日に7時間ぐらい友どちと話しました。さいしゅうびにたこ上げをして、ちょっとさびしかったです。ビーチはさようなら！

私の家族は...

こんばんは！

Watch the above video to learn more about my family. Hope you enjoy it! ビデオをみてください。

じゃ、また！