reflection statement for cycle 3

This cycle of pronunciation/listening exercises has been a lot of fun. ふゆやすみに、日本語のドラマをたくさんみました。I watched the entire series (10 episodes) "my boss, my hero" with my family over the vacation, which was a very fun way to spend the last few days of vacation and learn some japanese. The following clip is a pretty good example of the show:

In addition, I watched the movie ohoku (大奥）which was very interesting and quite comical, but very hard to follow without subtitles as they use a very old style of speaking, using words like せっしゃ. 

I think in general, the PE exercises are quite effective, but it is important to set tangible goals. For me, watching a lot of Japanese dramas was helpful in learning colloquial speech and picking up more vocabulary, and I will definitely continue watching Japanese shows to improve my listening ability.