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山田さん、

はじめまして。リバスです。どうぞよろしく、おねがいします。私は大学いん生です。せんこうはフランスのぶんがくです。大学いんの一年生です。とてもいそがしいです。としょかんへ本をよみによくいきます。グラドカレッジにいます。私のへやはとても小さいへやです。山田さんは、アメリカと日本とどちらの方が好きですか。英語ではなしますか。日本語はきれいでおもしろいことばです。よろしくおねがいします。

リバス

Cycle 2 Reflection/Cycle 3 Goals

I don't feel that I fully lived up to my goals. I only did one "official" extra shadowing that I handed in, and I only shadowed for about 10 minutes for 4 times. I have made progress though and the shadowing is getting easier. Furthermore, I'm starting to hear and notice intonation. I still have problems hearing and understanding the intonation of a word, but it's getting easier. I find the shadowing more helpful then just listening, because even though it is very frustrating and difficult, it helps both with speaking and with listening. I have to hyper-focus on all aspects several times while listening to the speech before beginning to shadow and this is a really helpful way to internalize the minute details that might otherwise remain unnoticed by me unless I was trying to mimic it identically. After the test I realized that I need to work much harder on listening while continuing to work on pitch and intonation.

My goal is to continue to work on intonation and pitch while beginning to work harder on listening. I am going to keep my goal of shadowing 15 minutes twice a week. In addition I plan to come to office hours at least once a week. I also am going to continue with Japanese Table.