Friday, May 6, 2016

PE Reflection

This semester I was introduced to prosody and PE. Over the course of the semester, I think that my shadowing skills improved tremendously as did my ability to speak faster. I had no idea that word pitch was even a thing before taking Japanese here at Princeton, so I think that my pitch has definitely improved over the course of the semester. In order to improve my speaking, I spoke with a native speaker frequently (although she used Hiroshima dialect), which forced me to speak with her (mainly in casual).
As I go into the summer, I plan to continue speaking Japanese with those who had either learned it or are fluent. I also want to speak Japanese with my grandmother.
Thanks for the great semester!

Monday, May 2, 2016

大学院の後

大学院に行く予定がありますよ。でも、大学院を卒業したら、気象学者(meteorologist)になりたいです。私は天気が大好きだから、気象学者はとても面白くて楽しそうな仕事です。
いい大学院に入学するために、たくさん勉強しています。気象学者になて、NASAやNOAAに働きたくて、天気予報を作ります。
今、私の一番好きなサイトはweather.com。毎朝このサイトの天気予報をチェクします。時々ビデオも見ます。見えませんか。