6/21/11

Embroidery made by Maria Vaza-Kaczynski

Today I felt really good in class, almost got all of the Katakana and Hiragana, soooo close to getting them both memorized! Though even if memorized I've realized that sometimes it would take me a while to registor in my brain which Hiragana belongs to which sound, and such. Though I am getting better with reaction time, it still takes me a while to write stuff out. The nice early bedtime has defintly helped me in my 24 hour cold I had. In class we learned the wonders of　も！Mo = Also in にほんご. With a few practice sentenses to write down and such, the class was getting it and we went on to our shopping! I find that playing the Shopping Roleplay was a lot of help, acting out a real situation not only loosen the nerves that the students have, but also give us the ability to laugh even if we make a mistake. Although Japanese is very much fun, I myself tend to worry a lot when I get things wrong, or I am not remembering properly. Having the play experience lightens the mood and helps me at least, learn in a more visual standpoint, which for me is much easier. What I would like to learn is to know if something is out of stock, or even if you wish to buy many items at once, is the experience and words different? Most likely there wouldn't be problems at all with customer service, lol. Though it had taken us a while to actually finish, I am sure we all were more than ready to study study study, I know I was. Also, with this, I learned more about えん and also making change おつい. Something which I tend to still be a bit confused about, due to the 100, 1,000, and 10,000 えん I tend to convert it wrong in my head, I am getting used to it though. I am studying, although I think after a good nights sleep I'll be in tip top shape and hopefully I'll do well!! * crosses fingers* じゃまったね！！