2011년 12월 18일 일요일

Letter To Yamada San

I am very sorry! My flight to Korea was right after class on Friday. I just got back home and posted this.
Thank you!

山田さんへ、

はじめまして。コーです。どうぞよろしく。私はプリンストン大学の四年生です。せんこうはせいじ学です。 私はニュースをみるのが好きです。でも、しんぶんをよむのはあまりすきじゃありません。プリンストン大学のじゅきょうはむずかしいですが、あもしろいです。きのう、せいじ学の がありました。

山田さんのしゅみは何ですか?私はスポーツがすきです。スポーツの中で、やきゅうが一番好きです。山田さんはやきゅうをみるのとするのとどちらの方が好きですか?私はするよりみるほうが好きです。山田さんのまちにおおきいやきゅうじょうがありますか?プリンストンに大きいやきゅうじょうがありません。たいへんです。

山田さんはよくさけをのみますか?さけはとてもおいしいので、さけをのむのが大好きです。らいねんいっしょにいざかやにいきませんか?

よろしくおねがいします。

コーハン

2011년 12월 3일 토요일

Reflection Statement for Cycle 2 and Goal Statement

To prepare myself for the Chapter test, I have listened and shadowed to dialogues in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5. I should have put in more time to shadow other listening exercises such as the dialogues in "Let's Speak Japanese." For my second goal of shadowing, which was recording "Yuki no hana," I will post my recording on my blog shortly. I had a hard time translating a lot of Kanji characters in the lyrics. Hopefully, later on, I will be able to read Kanji characters more smoothly.

Goal Statement for Cycle 3:

As done from the previous cycles, I will shadow the textbook dialogues twice or three times a week. And this time, I will shadow the extra shadowing exercises from "Let's speak Japanese." And at this time, I will challenge myself at Japanese Rap. I will post up my recording of Japanese hip-hop group's song: M-Flo's "Let Go (feat. Yoshika)"

I will focus particularly on pitch and intonation for shadowing exercises. And for the song, I will learn key Japanese phrases related to... love.

Everybody, good luck with the third cycle!!