Seventh Blog

Alright, time to do some reflecting on the past week! Well, to be honest I don't remember much besides reading things. Sure there were the skits, but the first half was read, read, read and the second half of the week was grammar, grammar, grammar. I know that's how it works, but it doesn't change the fact that I found it boring and that boredom led to stress since I was trying to complete the packet while everybody was making sentences. I loathe boredom. However, it was nice to see the breaks make a return. I know I personally need to stretch my legs and get some water during that time frame. I probably could just get up and leave real quick, but I feel like that would be considered rude.

Grammar! Wa-pow!

～に違いない is the grammar that indicates you are certain of a fact, as opposed to （ような）気がする, where some doubt is present. To create this grammar point, you tack on ～に違いない to the short, present form of a verb. For example: 読むに違いに. So, as I said, this grammar point shows that you are certain of a fact. A full sentence example would be:

I'm certain that I met a bear.
私は熊に会うに違いない。やったー！

And there you have it, kids.

THE SIXTH BLOG

This week...this week...well, I guess it's technically last week as of this writing. I don't really remember much of last week. Nothing was too difficult in the grammar section, the kanji quiz annoyed me like usual, and I remember missing breaks because I was a bit hungry during class. However, the dialogue was a useful learning tool as it normally is. Not the reading of the book dialogue, mind you, but the creation of one. Being able to collectively call all the stuff I know in one place is extremely helpful in reinforcing material. However, I'm having a bit of a problem with all of the new creative exercises: I just seem to have completely run out of creativity for creating situations. It's kind of annoying when I can't think of a sentence to use new grammar in.

As for the presentations, my memory is a little blurry since I haven't slept much, but I vaguely remember Carissa's group. There are two girls in the scene, talking about about a hot spring. Well, not so much talking about it as one of the girls uses a little small talk and then BAM! hot spring question time. That's not the point though. She's curious about the best hot spring, to which her friend tells her of the one in Kyushu. So there's that. The questioner says thanks and heads about her merry way.

And for some reason the videos on the blog aren't working for me. I'll have to fiddle around with some settings in the morning or something.

Glogster Blog

はい、優先席は大切と思います。アメリカ人はとても太っています。それから、彼らは座れてはいけない。たぶん、元気になります。優先席はとてもいいです。将来のお母さんは病気になったら、早く病院に行きます。ある日、人々は優先席をわかります。

So, yeah. I liked this week. I was able to actually remain on top of my game and I think I actually managed to pull off a decent grade on a kanji quiz since I changed my study methods up. However, I do have to bring attention to the glogster project. I really liked doing it. whenever something creative is involved, I love it and try to go for having as much fun as possible. And I really did have a lot of fun writing for the project. However, glogster is a little flawed in its execution. I like the theory, but their artistic options were very limiting in what I had in mind for my advertisement. In retrospect, I probably should have figured out how photoshop works and just done my project with that. Overall though, it gave me a chance to apply my skillset outside of packets and book questions. Truth be told, that reinforces what I've learned so much more and it makes everything make a hell of a lot more sense.

Sports Blog + Reflection

So, over all this was a pretty good week. I didn't get to see as much of the radical parts due to my own problems the week prior, but it was still very helpful to see how the kanji can be broken up. I'm still not sure why we weren't introduced to it earlier. Honestly, all of the grammar points this week were pretty easy. The only confusing part was trying to come up with a sentence for the incomplete ones. I guess I'm just having hard time coming up with new and interesting sentences. Other than that, I'd say this week was a success.

Sports reflection part. Note that I don't watch sports and my future plans involve not being able to remember when/if I watch a sport.

私はすもうとけんどうだと聞きました。でも、だけスポーツの名前を知っています。見ません。私はアメリカのスポーツを見ません。彼らはとてもつまらないと思います。日本とアメリカのスポーツは違うか知りません。ある日、私はたぶんスポーツが好きです。この日は私の二十一歳の誕生日です。ビルを飲む時、スポーツはとても面白いです。

ロボット

Blog 2

0:40の彼女は楽しんでいると言いました。人々はミッキーに祝ってもらいました。そのスピーカはAKB48のヘビーローテーションを歌いました。彼は歌えません。彼はこの町の市長と思います。1:26時の彼女は市長のえんそうは可愛かったと言いました。この市長はとても元気です。

Reflection:

I really don’t have much to say since it was the first week of classes after all. Most of the grammar came pretty easily to me. Except for として. That one is a little weird because it requires a unique way of thinking about it. But that’s really the only thing that tripped me up. As for any other problem that I had in class, it was mainly just me needing to prepare myself ahead of class instead of waiting until the day of class to encounter the material for the first time.

Blog01 11 January 2012

冬休みはとても面白いと思います。仕事をするの他にも彼女に会います。仕事をするとき、たくさん映画を見ました。でも、私は単行しません。KSCのボールルームはゴーストがいたので、たくさん変な盲亀浮木を見ました。ゴーストがいたので、映画を見られないことになりました。ゴーストはやさしいかわかりません。

冬休み、私は彼女の家に行きました。彼女の家族はイギリスから来ました。イギリス文化は面白い。イギリス人は「Merry Christmas」と言いません。彼らは「Happy Christmas」と言います。少しく違います。それに彼らはなるべくお茶を飲むようにしています。ある日、私はたぶんイギリスのお茶が好きになります。