Pronunciation Exercises- Reflection

こんばんは！

This post is a reflection on my listening and prnuncation exercises from Cycle 1. I was fairly successful at doing my planned exercises and listening to Japanese songs every once in a while, and it was also helpful speaking to my parents in Japanese over the phone. I feel like I am gradually becoming better at speaking, and now that I am paying more attention to not substituting English words into my Japanese sentences, I think I am on track to being more fluent.

I think I did well on the oral midterm exam, since my pronunciation should be almost as good as that of a native speaker, since I have grown up hearing a lot of Japanese. However, I think I still need to work on being more grammatically accurate in conversation, especially focusing on the correct use of particles.


As for my goals for Cycle 2 of our listening and pronunciation exercises, I plan on improving my listening and ability to pick up sentences from Japanese songs and dramas. In doing so, I hope to improve my accuracy in using the correct particles and Japanese idioms. [edit] More specifically, I will listen to at least one Japanese song every week, by following さとうせんせい's blog, http://wakuwakunihongo2011.blogspot.com/
Our professor posts very interesting Japanese videos and songs, so I will follow along and shadow/sing along with what I can. In addition, I will call my parents more often and have conversations with them in Japanese, taking care not to use any English words!


がんばります！

わたしの しゅうまつ

こんにちは！　
せんしゅうの　しゅうまつに、わたしの　ははとちちが　プリンストンだいがくに　きました。

いっしょに 　にほんの　レストランに　いきました。　あじへいとええました。あじへいの　ふとまきが　すごく　おいしかったです。　わたしは　おすしを　だいすきです。　おすしの　セットも　たのみました。　

あじへいに　いってください！ほんとにおいしいよ！

にほんごはたのしいよ。

http://youtu.be/0CN_HrkBlRs

Pronunciation Exercise Goal Statement

こんばんは。
My goals for Pronunciation Excersises is to improve my ability to understand spoken Japanese, especially to not slur words like the "み" in "すみません”. Also, I hope to improve my clarity of pronunciation.

In order to improve my pronunciation and listening ability, I plan on doing shadowing exercises, several times a week for about an hour a week total.
がんばります！じゃあまた！