こんばんは！春休みはどうでしたか？
春休みに家に帰ったり、友達と会ったりしました。たくさんおいしい食べ物を食べました。たとえば、イタリアりょうりやホットポットを食べました。みなさんもホットポットを食べたことがありますか？
そして、火曜日にプリンストンに帰ったり、ろんぶん(thesis)を書いたりしました。ろんぶんは三週間後に終わるから、ひまになります。今はちょと大変で、いそがしいから…今日の二つのブログにしゃしんがありません…
でも、木曜日にニューヨークでサンプルセールがあるので、午前五時半に起きて、ニューヨークに行きました。ブランドは「Reformation]です。たくさん新しいふじんふくを買いました！！とても楽しかったけど、今お金がありません。ふじんふくを買いに行くのはうんどうのようなものだと思います (I think going to buy women's clothing is like exercising) 😂😂😂
今晩もろんぶんを書いているので、ブログは終わります。
Monday, March 27, 2017
PE Reflection
Goals:
- Fluency: As a recap, my main goal with fluency is to improve my ability to have conversations "on the spot". I've noticed improvements in my fluency, though I am not always able to smoothly hold a conversation. I do try to treat in-class practice seriously because it's good practice as free conversation. I tend to mentally evaluate my own speaking afterwards so as to continue to think about where I can improve.
- Intonation and naturalness: I don't see much improvement with my intonation though I have also been working on it with shadowing. Perhaps I am hitting the various pitches, but it just doesn't sound the same as a natural speaker to me (even when shadowing very slowly). I don't think I would ever become a good voice actress haha.
- Anime: I have been watching several times a week and shadowing various phrases (including some that we've learned in class while focusing on the prosody).
- Self-study: I have been practicing the phrases we've learned in class on my own while reading them aloud in different combinations given to me by Anki. I then listen to the text-to-speech audio to check my pronunciation, as well (though the one I'm using is not as good at Suzuki-kun).
- Language table/office hours: Unfortunately, I haven't been going to this...But thankfully, my thesis is due soon, and I'll find myself with a lot more free time.
Saturday, March 4, 2017
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