PE, Goals & Activities

Goal: To improve the naturalness of my Japanese speaking by internalizing the patterns of rising and falling pitch

Activities:

• ·         Do shadowing 10 minutes a day (preferably, from a standard Tokyo accent)
• ·         Go to Japanese language table once a week
• ·         Do the listening lab exercises in the workbook

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はじめまして。　シワです。　どうぞよろしく。

わたしはアメリカじんです。　テキサスからきました。　プリンストンだいがくのさんねんせいです。　せんこうは物理学です。

じゃあ、また。

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こんばんわ、
はじめまして。　シワです。　どうぞ　よろしく。
I chose to learn Japanese to learn a language I do not know.  Because it is very different from English hopefully it will exercise an unused part of my brain.  I also like to read まんが and the writers, なつめ　そうせき (Kanji version?) and あくたがわ.  I am excited about learning how to read and speak better, and meeting my teachers and fellow classmates.  After my first 3 days of class, I find it difficult at times to differentiate between whether the ひらがな characters end in a hook, stop, or release. 
じゃあ、　また　ね！