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PE Reflection

We're finally coming to the end of a crazy semester! Here were my revised goals from the middle of the semester: 1. Improve conversational fluency! I am hoping to go to Japan this summer, so I need to become much more comfortable having simple conversations without pausing to think through grammar for every sentence. 2. Listen to pitch! A recurring comment is that I still make pitch errors in my speech, so I need to work on that. 3. Vocabulary! I need to learn many, many more words to expand what I can talk about. For 1, I can definitely say that I have gotten better at speaking and more comfortable in simple conversations, but there is still a lot of work to do. I said I wanted to go to the Japanese language table once a week, but I haven't been able to: I'm going to fix that! Every Monday for the rest of the semester, I will be at the Whitman language table to practice before I go to PII. For 2, I still need to improve my pitch. I still need to make it to office hours to...

私のゆめ

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みなさん、ゆめがあるんですか。もちろんたくさんあります。でも、私はすごく大きいゆめがありますよ。子供の時から、物理学のけんきゅう者になりたいです。大学を卒業したら、大学院に行きたいです。そこでプラズマの物理学を勉強したいです。 プリンストンに有名なプラズマのラボがあるけど、たぶんプリンストンの大学院生になります。プラズマはとても面白いですよ。プラズマの核融合(nuclear fusion)が上手になったら、クリインエネルギーがあるんだけど、プラズマは重要ですね。勉強が大変だけど、いつも頑張ります!

好きな季節

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みなさん、季節の中で、何が一番好きなんですか?私は、春が嫌いですよ。アレルギーがたくさんあるので、外でぜんぜん行きたくないです。 そして、夏はまあまあです。もうアレルギーがないけど、ケンタッキーとてもで蒸し暑いです。でも、外に人がたくさんいるから、外で友達と遊んでいます。それはいいですね。 冬もまあまあです。悪い天気だけど、天気が寒い時はいいと思います。冬にうちがもっと快適になりますね。 それから、天気が涼しくて、アレルギーがないから、秋が一番好きな季節です。じゃあ、また!

Midterm Reflection

Here were my goals at the beginning of the semester: 1. Improve conversational fluency! I am hoping to go to Japan this summer, so I need to become much more comfortable having simple conversations without pausing to think through grammar for every sentence. 2. Listen to pitch! A recurring comment is that I still make pitch errors in my speech, so I need to work on that. 3. Vocabulary! I need to learn many, many more words to expand what I can talk about. For 1, I can definitely say that I have gotten better at speaking and more comfortable in simple conversations, but there is still a lot of work to do. I said I wanted to go to the Japanese language table once a week, but I haven't been able to: I'm going to fix that! Every Monday for the rest of the semester, I will be at the Whitman language table to practice before I go to PII. For 2, I still need to improve my pitch. I still need to make it to office hours to work on that directly, and I will watch a few episodes...

一番好きな祭り(My Favorite Festival)

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こんにちは!みなさんは、どの祭りが一番好きですか? 私は、サンダー・オーバ・ルイビル(Thunder Over Louisville)が一番好きな祭りですよ。ルイビルである花火(はなび - fireworks)の祭りです。毎年4月にルイビルでケンタッキーダービがあります。とてもゆうめいな競馬(けいば - horserace)ですが、旅人(たびびと - tourist)が多いです。ダービの一週間前に休みがはじめます。ダービの前の土曜日に多くて、きれいな花火があります。世界で三番目に大きい花火の祭りです。人が七十万います。そして、花火が五万六千本あります。子供の時、毎年サンダー・オーバ・ルイビルに行きました。でも、今ニュージャージーにすんでいるから、行けません。じゃあ、また!

Video Blog - 私の家族

Goal and Activity Statement

Goals: 1. Improve conversational fluency! I am hoping to go to Japan this summer, so I need to become much more comfortable having simple conversations without pausing to think through grammar for every sentence. 2. Listen to pitch! A recurring comment is that I still make pitch errors in my speech, so I need to work on that. 3. Vocabulary! I need to learn many, many more words to expand what I can talk about. Activities: 1. Japanese language table - I need to go to the language table as often as possible to get conversational practice. I want to go to at least one table per week. 2. Office hours - I will try to go to office hours once every other week so that Shibata-sensei can critique my pitch and help my fluency. 3. WaniKani - I will use WaniKani for a few minutes every day to pick up new kanji and vocabulary words. Wish me luck!