Final Reflection

This first semester of Japanese has been quite a journey, and looking back in preparation for the upcoming finals, I can see how substantial this course is and just how much ground we have covered such as the vocabulary and the grammatical constructions.

My Japanese writing and reading have certainly improved greatly from the beginning of term but one thing that is tricky even now for me is speaking (I guess this is the same for most people though). I feel as though my intonation and speed has definitely sewen an improvement though I do still forget word pitches and go with what sounds natural sometimes... a work in progress.

PE has certainly helped to build that speaking foundation and the shadowing of familiar animes has been a fun and useful tool. The computer lab session where we went through word pitches of some common words with Shibata Sensei was also good in placing an emphasis on correct pronunciation.

I was able to achieve some of my goals, but a few that I wish I had been able to do more of was attending language table and also making use of office hours to consolidate the things that I had learned and covered in class.

Overall, I have enjoyed this semester of JPN101. I've found it to be hard work at times but it really is a great language!

クリスマス！

冬休みはロンドンにかえりました。よかったです！まいにちひまのでねたくさんねました。友達と
オックスフォード・サアカスにかいものをしにいきましたからたくさｎセールがありました。あたらしてそらいろいジャケットとブーツをかいました。（そらいろいがだい好きです）。

ロンドンのばんはとてもきれいなとあかるいです。

アダムへの手紙

僕の友達アダムは一年生ですそしてアダムもプリンストン大学の学生です、でもアダムはフォブズにいます。フォブズはひじょうにとういので、わたしたちはほとんどはなしません,そのためてがみをかきます。

一 ・ビデオブログ

みなさん、こんばんは！

　

 いかのビデオ：イギリスのブールミンハムで「ＥＡ　ナショナルズ」がありました
このビデオとてもふるいです

さんだんとび！！！

わたしわあもです。ロンドンからきました。ぷりんせとんだいがくのいちねんせいです。にほんごのいちねんせいです。

My name is Amo, a first year student at Princeton taking Japanese 101.
By the end of the year, I aim to be more confident reading and understanding Japanese with a confident grasp of some of the greeting fundamentals and a wide range of vocabulary (in particular daily objects). I would also like to become a more confident speaker with accurate pitch and intonation. I also hope that by the end of this year  I will have a great understanding of Japanese sentence structuring and formation. The end goal for this year is to be able to at least be able to follow subtitled anime (even if only by sound) and to be able to read with good flow.


In order to attain this, I aim to go to Japanese language tables an abslute minimum of once a month (ideally I would like to be at language tables 3 times a month)

I will also use office hours as and when necessary to fine tune my handwriting, speaking and study techniques as well as to pique my curiosity about the Japanese language and culture.

Having come from a background of learning Romantic languages such as Spanish (and Latin itself), it has been particularly tricky getting used to Hiragana and Katakana as well as the Mora system. I have also realised there is a much bigger emphasis on pitch to convey word meaning (like the word はしfor chopstick ... which can also mean bridge)

Excited for this coming year! Will keep you posted.

じゃあまた