Sunday, September 28, 2014
Monday, September 22, 2014
Darling です
こんばんは。
はじめまして。Darlingです。どうぞよろしく。
Princetonだいがくのいちねんせいです。せんこうはせいぶつがくです。New YorkのFreedom
からきました。わたしはAlbert Einsteinがすきです。
たんじようびはさんがつのふつかです。
さよなら。
はじめまして。Darlingです。どうぞよろしく。
Princetonだいがくのいちねんせいです。せんこうはせいぶつがくです。New YorkのFreedom
からきました。わたしはAlbert Einsteinがすきです。
たんじようびはさんがつのふつかです。
さよなら。
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Goals
Ohayoo Gozaimasu,
Through the course of this class I really want to achieve some goals. One of these goals is to advance further into Japanese,than I did in High School french. I want to learn to speak accurately, with proper pronunciation. Not necessarily fast, but accurately. I will probably shadow quite a few clips to practice the proper way to speak. I will attempt to shadow three times a week for around 10 mins. My second goal is to learn better listening skills. I have trouble picking out subtle differences and want to be able to. I think listening to Japanese clips from movies or songs or news would help me learn to pick out the differences. I will attempt to watch Japanese anime on the days I do not shadow either part of an episode or the full episode. My plan is, by the end of this series of courses, to achieve full fluency. Its going to be difficult but I am ready for the challenge.
Through the course of this class I really want to achieve some goals. One of these goals is to advance further into Japanese,than I did in High School french. I want to learn to speak accurately, with proper pronunciation. Not necessarily fast, but accurately. I will probably shadow quite a few clips to practice the proper way to speak. I will attempt to shadow three times a week for around 10 mins. My second goal is to learn better listening skills. I have trouble picking out subtle differences and want to be able to. I think listening to Japanese clips from movies or songs or news would help me learn to pick out the differences. I will attempt to watch Japanese anime on the days I do not shadow either part of an episode or the full episode. My plan is, by the end of this series of courses, to achieve full fluency. Its going to be difficult but I am ready for the challenge.
Monday, September 15, 2014
Interests
Konnichiwa,
My Professor today, Shibata Sensee, suggested that everyone share their interests in Japanese culture. So I guess here it goes, I am a huge video gamer. I play a lot of games and probably more often then I should. My favorite series is the Final Fantasy series which is made by Square Enix. I love the music, the story, and the elements of culture that are hidden within the game. Besides video games, I love movies. Hayao Miyazaki films are some of my favorites. Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle rank extremely high up on the list. But besides all of the pop culture I really enjoy the spiritual ideas of Japan. The influence of nature and all of the traditions are extremely cool to me. I hope to learn more from this course and be able to appreciate the culture more.
Arigatoo gozaimasu for reading,
Walker
My Professor today, Shibata Sensee, suggested that everyone share their interests in Japanese culture. So I guess here it goes, I am a huge video gamer. I play a lot of games and probably more often then I should. My favorite series is the Final Fantasy series which is made by Square Enix. I love the music, the story, and the elements of culture that are hidden within the game. Besides video games, I love movies. Hayao Miyazaki films are some of my favorites. Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle rank extremely high up on the list. But besides all of the pop culture I really enjoy the spiritual ideas of Japan. The influence of nature and all of the traditions are extremely cool to me. I hope to learn more from this course and be able to appreciate the culture more.
Arigatoo gozaimasu for reading,
Walker
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Konnichiwa
Konnichiwa, hajimemashite, Darling desu Doozo yoroshiku!
My name is Walker Darling or Walker san now that JPN 101 has started.
I'm super excited to be taking this class and cannot wait to go deeper into the language. I chose to take this class because I really like the culture that I receive from Japan through video games, movies, some comics, and many TV shows that I have seen. The language is beautiful and I feel that I would get more out of what I see if I understood it. So I joined the class. The greatest future excitement for me is having actual conversations with people. In High School, I had a terrible experience with French and want to start over. It would be really awesome to get to a level that actually feels like I've made progress. So far, I'm following this goal. The most difficult part of the class so far is differentiating the specific words and phrases but I know its going to get easier. Today I felt that I had improved a lot even from yesterday. Tommorow I get to meet another sensee!
I can't wait, Ja, mata,
Darling desu
My name is Walker Darling or Walker san now that JPN 101 has started.
I'm super excited to be taking this class and cannot wait to go deeper into the language. I chose to take this class because I really like the culture that I receive from Japan through video games, movies, some comics, and many TV shows that I have seen. The language is beautiful and I feel that I would get more out of what I see if I understood it. So I joined the class. The greatest future excitement for me is having actual conversations with people. In High School, I had a terrible experience with French and want to start over. It would be really awesome to get to a level that actually feels like I've made progress. So far, I'm following this goal. The most difficult part of the class so far is differentiating the specific words and phrases but I know its going to get easier. Today I felt that I had improved a lot even from yesterday. Tommorow I get to meet another sensee!
I can't wait, Ja, mata,
Darling desu
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