アイフォン！

はるやすみ　に　アイフォン　を　かいました。とても　すてきな　けいたいでんわ　です。でも　たかいです。この　アイフォン　の　アクセサリー　は　みて　ください！とても　おもしろい　です！

Goal Statement for Cycle 2!

I can't believe Cycle 1 is already complete! I guess it's time to move on to the next one...For Cycle 2, I want to make sure that I practice the correct pitch for all our new vocabulary. I found that my most frequent error on my Oral Midterm Exam was with pitch, so to make sure that I practice the correct pitch, I will write down the words with the pitch lines drawn above/ below the characters when I hear any of the teachers pronounce a new word. I would also like to improve my speaking with proficient speed. I think that if I practice speaking more, I will become more natural and fluent sounding. To help me with this goal, I will call my おばあさん　once a week to converse with her in Japanese. During はるやすみ　I went to dinner with my grandma and we practiced Japanese while we were eating. It was like my own private にほんご　 テーブル！　I found it helpful to converse with her and learn new phrases, so I would like to keep that up! To improve my listening/ speaking skills, I will also aim to shadow twice a week: once with the Shadowing exercises on Blackboard, and once with  Japanese youtube videos. Since the youtube videos are more difficult (due to speed and advanced vocabulary), they will provide a good challenge for me. Let's see how Cycle 2 goes! I am very excited to learn more Japanese!

おばあさん と いざかや

こんばん　わたし　の　おばあさん　と　いっしょ　に　ばんごはん　を　たべました。いざかや　で　しょくじ　を　しました。わたし　の　すきな　たべもの　は　にほん　りょうり　です。とても　おいしかった　です。ロサンゼルス　の　ソーテル　の　とおり　は　たくさん　の　にほん　の　レストラン　が　あります。ばんごはん　の　あと、にほん　の　マーケットに　いきました。わたし　は　おもち　を　かいました。わたし　の　おばあさん　と　いっしょ　に　いる　の　が　すき　です。とても　たのしかった　です。わたし　の　おばあさんは　ときょ　から　きました。　

おいしい　やきとり！