Konbonwa!
Hope everyone is doing well!
I am in the midst of memorizing the Hiragana, and it is surprisingly going well. I especially found the Hiragana mnemonics sheet which Sato sensei gave us extremely helpful! However, for right now at least, I always have to associate the character with the picture and then the picture with the sound. Hopefully, I won't be long until I'll automatically know the sound. I am also glad we added the "key sentences" to our daily vocab quizes. At first I was a little hesitant about our class decision, but after studying the key sentences and further familiarizing myself with the Japanese sentence structure, I think it will most definitely be beneficial to our comprehension of the language.
Also this past weekend, after following a friends refferal, I found a Japanese TV show on YouTube involving of all things, a monkey named Pan and his bulldog friend, James. Not only are the segments involving Pan and James in Japanese and thus great to hear the language spoken, but the segments are hysterical. Most of them involve them taking part in "human" tasks such as doing push-ups, grocery shopping, and catching insects, and it is so wonderful/ amusuing to watch! I believe the TV show is called "The Adventures of Pan and James: Chimpanzee and Bulldog on Errands," but I am not positive. But, if you just type "Pan and James" into the search engine in YouTube their many crazy adventures should pop up. Everyone should take a look! Really.
Ja mata!
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konnichiwa!
I am extremely excited to be taking Japanese and cannot believe the amount of vocabulary/Japanese we have already learned in just two weeks! To be honest, I was very nervous about taking Japanese. Only having taken Romance languages, I was - and still am to some extent - a bit worried if I would be able to grasp the spoken Japanese language, as well as the written aspect (three alphabets is quite daunting). However, after this past week and gradually getting to know the pace of the class, as well as Sato Sensei and our classmates, my hesitation about my ability to learn Japanese has slowly dissappeared. While I believe my concerns have subsided just by the actual act of learning, memorizing, and further being able to speak in Japanese in class, I feel a lot of my new-found ease is due to the receptive and comforting environment of our classroom. What I mean by this, is that I think everyone in the class, especially our Sensei, seems friendly, thoughtful, and patient, which makes for an ideal environment to learn a completely new language in. It is so necessary to feel comfortable in the space that you're learning and practicing a new language, and after having been to the class for about two weeks now, I am happy to say that I feel very comfortable expressing myself in the little Japanese that I now know. I hope everyone feels this way, and if not now, then hopefully soon as we gradually get to know each other better in class. I am very much looking forward to it!
Hope everyone has an amazing weekend and see you all soon!
I am extremely excited to be taking Japanese and cannot believe the amount of vocabulary/Japanese we have already learned in just two weeks! To be honest, I was very nervous about taking Japanese. Only having taken Romance languages, I was - and still am to some extent - a bit worried if I would be able to grasp the spoken Japanese language, as well as the written aspect (three alphabets is quite daunting). However, after this past week and gradually getting to know the pace of the class, as well as Sato Sensei and our classmates, my hesitation about my ability to learn Japanese has slowly dissappeared. While I believe my concerns have subsided just by the actual act of learning, memorizing, and further being able to speak in Japanese in class, I feel a lot of my new-found ease is due to the receptive and comforting environment of our classroom. What I mean by this, is that I think everyone in the class, especially our Sensei, seems friendly, thoughtful, and patient, which makes for an ideal environment to learn a completely new language in. It is so necessary to feel comfortable in the space that you're learning and practicing a new language, and after having been to the class for about two weeks now, I am happy to say that I feel very comfortable expressing myself in the little Japanese that I now know. I hope everyone feels this way, and if not now, then hopefully soon as we gradually get to know each other better in class. I am very much looking forward to it!
Hope everyone has an amazing weekend and see you all soon!
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