I think I did not do as great a job as I hoped for with the written exam, and this was my lowest score in a Japanese exam so far. The reason is partially because I had major trouble with time-management during the midterms week, and did not have enough time to study Japanese to a comfortable level. I want to work more for the final, and throughout the semester to make up for this. I also want to go through the grammatical content and vocabulary regularly, instead of trying to cram Japanese the night before exams.
As for the oral exam, I believe that besides a couple things, it went well. One of the main reasons for this is because I went to Shibata Sensei's office hours the day before my exam, and took note of her feedback and practiced accordingly. If I did not practice with her beforehand, I don't think the oral exam would go as well. Therefore, I am happy about the oral exam.
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Since this is the middle of the semester, it is time to reflect back on my PE goals from the beginning of this semester, and reflect back on what I have accomplished so far.
Goals: 1) Be able to hold a casual conversation: My goal is to be able to have natural and interesting conversations with Japanese speakers by the end of the semester. I believe I am getting more comfortable at this. I started chatting in Japanese with some of my friends who took JPN classes in previous years, mostly through text. 2) Understand simple dialogues in anime and movies without subtitles: I want to have as minimal need for subtitles as possible. I started watching some series that have simple grammatical structures, (Chi's Sweet Home), and noticed that I could understand what was being talked about 50% of the time, because of their simplicity. Actions: 1) Meet with a JPN102 tutor to practice speaking: My friend is tutoring JPN101 and JPN102 for Wilson College, and she offered to help me practice. I did not do this during the semester. I am going to remove this action from my list 1) Watch anime and pay attention to speech I am adding this action into my list for the second half of the second semester. I want to keep watching anime, and pay attention to grammatical structures that we learned in class, and casual speech. 2) Go to Japanese language tables at least once every two weeks: I have only been to one language table so far. I am planning to attend more language tables as they are very helpful for practicing casual conversations. I am also planning to go to some non-beginner language tables to get exposed to more challenging conversations. 3) Go to office hours: I went to an office hour to practice for the Oral Exam, and it was very helpful. I want to go to more office hours in the future to practice speaking. 昨日、私は新しいアニメを見るのが始めた。アニメのなまえはチーズスイートホーム(Chi's Sweet Home) です。このしゃひんで小さくてかわいいねこはチーちゃんです。一つのエピソードは三分ぐらいかかるから、とてもみじかいです。
一つのエピソードで、チーちゃんはお母さんと家がどこにあるのが分かりません。でも、子供(こども)はチーちゃんが公園(こうえん)で見るから、チーちゃんはその子供の家に行きます。その家はチーちゃんの新しい家になります。 そして、チーとすべての人は日本語で話すけど、スピーチはあまりむずかしくないから、分かりますよ。とてもかわいいアニメだと思います。日本語をべんきょうしに、チーズスイートホームを見て下さい。 |