わたしのたんじょうび

あきやすみにたんじょびがありました。じゅうがつにじゅうはちにちにわたしのかぞくはレストナンにいきました。じゅコースばんごはんをたべました。おいしかった。そのごうちでかえりましたそしてプレゼントをうけとった。わたしのおとうとはほんをあたえたそしてわたしのりょうしんはあたらしヘッドフォンをあたえた。ほんはおもしろいそしてわたしはヘッドフォンがすき。たんじょうびはとてもよかった。

PE Reflection and new goals

Reflecting on my studies for PE, there have been some ups and downs. I did as I planned for office hours, but I haven't followed up on vocabulary study and anime shadowing to the extent I wanted. My transcription has definitely become quicker, but it's still not quite where I want it to be. I think my intonation patterns have improved slightly, though it's sometimes hard to tell. Learning new words means learning new pitch patterns, which hinders progress as mastering the pronunciation of all words I know. I'd say my tone is more even now, but that just comes from better fluency. I attribute my slight disappointment with my progress solely to my negligence with practicing; I think the activities I set for myself were sufficient. One addition I would put is to have a weekly study of Kanji, let's say 1 hour cumulatively per week, perhaps on the weekend. Additionally, I would revise my meetings with professors from once every 1.5 weeks to weekly, I've found it really helps.

As for goals, the ability to write fluently with Kanji, hiragana and katakana would be one of my goals, but I believe that's a long way off. I think any goal I could set for myself would be easily met with diligent practice, so I suppose my goal would be to look at my activities each weekend and make sure I've fulfilled them. Perhaps checking in with my sensee's on my activities would be a good way to add in a bit of accountability.