私のタゲみ！

12月16日
このは私のてがみです！のりこさんは偉大なおばさんです。(great aunt) 日本人です。

日本でとたしゃっしん！

Here are more pictures that I took when I visited Japan this past summer. I took lots of photos of the fish market in Ginza, because that was one of my favorite places to walk around. There were so many cool displays of fish, vegetables, and delicious sushi bars. The last photo shows me with my Japanese family. The woman on the right is my great aunt, Noriko-san. She is who I addressed my letter assignment to. 

伏見稲荷大社

巨年の夏、ビデオをとりました。ごぜん　7に　伏見稲荷伏見稲荷　を　ハイキング　を　しました。とても　きれいでせね！

11月28日

サンクスギビングの休みはよかったです。ニューヨークにいて、私のかぞくにあって、サンクスギビングのパレドをみました。私のおかあさんは　いっしょに　ばんごはん　を　しました。ゆっくりをしました、でも　今、たくさん　しゅくだい　があります。たいへんですね。わたしのじゅぎょおはたのしです、でもたくさん　しゅくだいがあります。よくわたしは７じかんをねます。あした、としょかんにべんきょしにいきます。木曜びにニュヨークーに みに　コンサートに　いきます。

PE Midterm Reflection

11/10

Overall, I am proud of my performance during the midterm oral exam. As a beginner, Japanese is a hard language, with many nuances. While I want to make sure I am getting the grammar right, I also need to speak smoothly, and not appear as though I am struggling.

After meeting with Shibata and Sato sensei to discuss, they both suggested I come in once a week and practice conversing with new phrases we learned that week. Additionally, Shibata strongly suggested that when I am relaxing over the weekend that I should go on Speak Eveywhere and pick a clip to shadow. I think this is a great idea. So much of speaking Japanese words and phrases properly is practicing, practicing, practicing. Until I have the muscle memory of how to say a word/phrase with the correct pitch and rhythm, it will be hard to recreate the authentic sound accurately. 

This is work, this is commitment. But I am willing to put the extra effort in to make sure I do not let a lack of familiarity get in the way of my performance in the future.

ビデオのブォグ！

こんにちは！！このはアルバートソンのブォグです。