revised goals

alas, i forgot to mention that i am also interested in practicing conversation. sato sensei, when are you available? and every other week sounds great!! i'm available mondays and wednesday after 2:45, tuesdays after 5, thursdays, between 1-2, then after 4:30.

long term goals included - ability to engage in conversation with a native speaker, understand a few j-pop songs, and successfully differentiate between kanji and chinese traditional characters, and correctly spell katana. i have tendencies to want to use chinese pronunciation which is wrong! speaking of chinese, i also have tendencies to want to speak mandarin instead of japanese, which is indeed frustrating. ugh....

individual goals for elementary japanese

1. study at least 1.5 hours a day
a. 15 minutes listening comprehension
b. 20 minutes grammar
c. 20 minutes vocabulary
d. 20 minutes exercises
e. 10 minutes talking to myself hahahah (repeating and making up grammar patterns)
2. review katana words for 15 minutes a day
3. check courseworks DAILY for online quizzes

i often neglect japanese because i've fulfilled my core and major requirements but this must come to an end because i've invested about $3,000 in this class and i better get my money's worth!