Sunday, October 21, 2012
テスト！
私は日曜日にコンピュータこう学のきょかしょうよみました。きょかしょはよくかいません。でも、私のコンピュータこう学の先生はりっぱです。毎週末よく私のりょうでべんきょうします。今週テストが四つあります！今晩はごぜ九時半にねます。
Sunday, October 14, 2012
PE 2
Reflecting on my three goals & respective activities for the first PE cycle:
(1) I have improved my "r" sound and it is becoming much more natural. I went to さとう先生の office hours to practice it.
(2) I did do the required shadowing. My speaking speed is better, but I can improve it further. As for reading, it is still far too slow. It may be because I practice too much translating English to Japanese and not enough translating Japanese to English.
(3) My pitch is decent. I have made flashcards that have the correct pitch on them and practice them meticulously now. I also listened to the audio multiple times, so for many words I do not have to think about the pitch at all because it has become natural. As for practicing the textbook conversations daily, this turned out to be impractical because there simply aren't very many passages in the textbook.
Which means it is time for PE cycle にち!
My main problem now is speed. Speed, speed, speed. It will be the overall goal of this cycle.
Namely, I need to improve
(1) Reading speed
(2) Speaking speed
(3) Dictation speed.
It's almost midterms which means I am going to be extra ambitious in my PE goals.
(1) ぼくは 火曜日に日本語テーブルでばんごはんを食べます。
No more excuses - Forbes isn't that far away.
(2) Office hours are very helpful, so I am going to go as often as I possibly can this week.
I need all the practice I can get for the midterm. I can practice dictation and speaking there, and
then practice reading on my own.
(3) Practice my flashcards until I know them so well that I can go through the whole deck
without pausing to think. I can't afford to be thinking and pausing for every word I speak.
(1) I have improved my "r" sound and it is becoming much more natural. I went to さとう先生の office hours to practice it.
(2) I did do the required shadowing. My speaking speed is better, but I can improve it further. As for reading, it is still far too slow. It may be because I practice too much translating English to Japanese and not enough translating Japanese to English.
(3) My pitch is decent. I have made flashcards that have the correct pitch on them and practice them meticulously now. I also listened to the audio multiple times, so for many words I do not have to think about the pitch at all because it has become natural. As for practicing the textbook conversations daily, this turned out to be impractical because there simply aren't very many passages in the textbook.
Which means it is time for PE cycle にち!
My main problem now is speed. Speed, speed, speed. It will be the overall goal of this cycle.
Namely, I need to improve
(1) Reading speed
(2) Speaking speed
(3) Dictation speed.
It's almost midterms which means I am going to be extra ambitious in my PE goals.
(1) ぼくは 火曜日に日本語テーブルでばんごはんを食べます。
No more excuses - Forbes isn't that far away.
(2) Office hours are very helpful, so I am going to go as often as I possibly can this week.
I need all the practice I can get for the midterm. I can practice dictation and speaking there, and
then practice reading on my own.
(3) Practice my flashcards until I know them so well that I can go through the whole deck
without pausing to think. I can't afford to be thinking and pausing for every word I speak.
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