春休み

春休み！
みなさん、こんにちは。　春休みはどうでしたか？　面白いところに行きましたか？　
私は友達と一緒にアカディア国立公園に行きました！　とても嬉しかったですよ！
アカディアはメイン州の南にあります。プリンストンからアカディアまで車で九時間ぐらいかかりました。　アカディアの一番有名な食べ物はロブスターです。美味しそうですよ。　たくさんロブスターレストランがあります。　でも、冬の気温はとても寒いだから、ロブスターの季節は終わります。　全然ロブスターを食べなかったんです。　残念でした。　
アカディア国立公園の中で　私は友達とハイキングおしました。　雪の戦いをしたり写真を撮ったりをしました。とても面白いかったですよ。
夏休みも私はアカディアに行きたいです！　ロブスターを食べたいですよ！

私の家族！

Semester's goals.

Semester's goals.

1. Do more practice of speaking.
I found the main problem for me now is the speed of speaking. I hope I can be more fluent in speaking in the end of the semester.

2. Be more aware of the usage of particles.
Not only from textbook problem sets, but also from last semester's final I find I have a big issue of using particles properly. I will learn it through correcting textbook problems as well as review all the grammar points we learnt.

3. Vocabularies.
Hope in the end of this semester, I will gain much more vocabularies. In writing last post, I found I can use some structures of sentence but the main barrier for my writing is the vocabulary. I hope through reading some short blogs as well as from the anime, I can learn more vocubularies.

一緒に頑張って下さいましょう！

プリンスドンの辺に私は一番好きなレストラン

プリンスドンのへんにいいレストランが少ないですね。でも、中華料理店を一つがありますね。プリンスポールでありますね。名前は　ホートヲーク（HotWok）　ですね。カーンパスからホートヲークまで車で十分かかります。

ホートヲークの中でたくさん美味しい食べ物がありますね。例えば、中国ステイルのポークレーブ（pork rib）や　チャハンは　私は大好きです。あのレストランは　とても小さいくて、静かなで、綺麗ですね。

友達とよくホートヲークに食べにいきますね。　私の友達はたくさん中国人なので、中華料理が一番好きですね。　私は時間がありませんから、よく料理をするのより　外に食べの方が好きですか。

ホートヲークに　一緒に行きましょうか！

Accomplishing goals.

I think I have accomplished some of my PE goals made in the beginning of the semester. Though there is still a long way to go, I am very pleased to see my progress everyday.

In terms of vocabulary, I learned a lot from Japanese songs as well as anime. I don't know the exact amount but I can understand some simple paragraphs from some lyrics without translation. 

I should have done shadowing more, but this is really a busy semester, especially for me, a second year physics grad student. But I still try to find any opportunity to mimic what I heard. My pronunciation needs to improve a lot because of lack of speaking. In addition, the fluency is also a problem for me right now. I went to the Japanese table three times, and there I really had a good time to practice and learn new vocabularies. I will keep on that in the following half semester too.

I think I will just keep my PE goals, and try to accomplish as many as possible.

皆さん、こんにちは。ここは私の自己紹介。
どうぞよろしくお願いします。

ピーイーのゴール！

皆さん、こんばんは

I'm very glad to write down my goals of this semester in my blog just like set a flag, and let's see want can be improved in the end of this semester. Here are my goals:

1. Get used to the difference between voiced & voiceless consonant, like と＆ど、て＆で、こ＆ご、た＆だ。So far, they are the most difficult part for me in listening.

2. I want to improve my spoken Japanese more natural. I think right now the main problem which influence my fluidity and naturalness is the vocabulary. Probably, till the end of this semester, I can learn a certain amount of daily life japanese vocabularies. 

3. The speed of speaking is also very important. I found from all the animas and TVs I watched in Japanese, their speed of speaking is all very fast. Maybe, I need more time to get to that level, but I hope I can at least speak Japanese as fast as speak English ( unfortunately, both of them are not my native language.)

4. Knowing Japanese Kanjis is also very important. I know there are a lot of differences between Japanese Kanjis and Chinese characters. Though knowing Chinese characters is not a problem for me, but I should be familiar with their differences in meaning as well as in writing and pronouncing. Hope in the end of JPN 101, I can learn around 500 Kanjis in Japanese.

Activities:

1. I think office hour is a very useful resource for me to practice and correct my pronunciation. I hope I can go to the office hour at least once a week.

2. Japanese Table. It is a pity that I could not attend it yesterday, but I hope I can go there twice every month. It should be a good opportunity of us to share our learning experience. Also, it is a good opportunity to practice with MAKINO sensee.

3. Watch animas. I am a fan of Japanese animas, especially those anima movies. I want to do shadowing for a small part of my favorite one. Hope I can be capable to do that soon!

4. Learn Japanese songs! I really love Japanese songs. I hope I