今年の夏休み (3/22/16)

私は今年の冬休みに韓国に行ったり中国で両親と会ったりします。韓国語を勉強しに韓国に行きますよ。韓国のパーティーと食べ物はとても美味しいそうです。韓国に行ったことがないので、たのしみにしています。そして、一年間に勉強したことにしましたね。私は後年にアジアに住んでいたいから、中国や韓国がわかるなら、楽々住んでいられますよ。韓国へ行くのを楽しみにしています。

PE 6 Reflection (3/21/16)

In the first half of the semester, I think some changes need to be made, but many things could definitely stay.

So far:

1. I can now speak in plain form which will be helpful if I am talking to closer friends who speak Japanese as well. It would be more comfortable and logical to speak in plain form since we would be of similar age.
2. I think that I'm slowly getting better at conjugating in my head the plain form style, and the speed at which this happens is increasing.

Changes:

1. 100% need to start going in every week for listening comprehension and speaking practice.
2. Improve speaking and conjugating certain grammar structures to plain form such as んです→の. 
3. Need to work on trying to get accustomed to Japanese people speaking quickly and sometimes slurring words. Also need to work on general listening comprehension.
4. Work on listening parts of mock tests (with professors).
5. Work on figuring out the tricky grammar parts such as そう思います、どう思います。
6. Figure out the differences between Chinese and Kanji (ie. avoid accidentally writing in simplified Chinese on tests...、『春』)

I would say that I wish I had spent more time on listening comprehension practice this first half of the semester, but I guess this motivated me to at least start practicing. I think for me, 1, 4, 5 are the most important things I need to correct this semester.