Blog #4

Reflection:
This week we finished the sheet on kanji.  It makes learning new kanji a bit more easy.  It can help you remember then my the radicals rather than just memory.  We also started chapter 4.  This is the most difficult thing of the week, because what comes with a new chapter is a bunch of new vocab as well as kanji.  Having to memorize all of those can be a challenge.  So in the coming weeks my goal is going to be to practice all of this and try to remember it.
日本のスポーツ
日本の伝統的なスポーツの中ですもしか知らないけど、きそくがぜんぜん知りません。けれど、日本にアメリカの同じスポーツがあります。やきゅうとかバスケットボールとかテニスがあります。日本でそのスポーツがあるけど、きそくがちょっと違います。

カタカナ語 #3 B.

カタカナ語には、３つの種類があります。　１）。短縮形のカタカナ語。それは短くして言うカタカナです。２）。元の英語の意味と違うのカタカナ語があります。３）。和製英語。
プリントは英語で "handout"。
スマートはえいごで "skinny/fit"
4. チアガール - Cheerleader?
5.フロントガラス - Front Glass (Windshield)?
6.ポケットベル - Pocket Bell (alarm in pocket?)
7.マジックテープ - Magic Tape ( Duct Tape?)
8.スキンシップ - Something about skin

p61.
1.  They used short form together
2.英語のクラスにレポートを書いたんですが、ちょっとこの部分を読んでいただきませんか。

Blog #3 A. Reflection

This week we made a robot.  That was really fun and interesting to be more creative and use our Japanese in that way.  Also we talked a lot about the Katana words.  It is fun to try and to compare English words and Japanese words to see if we can guess them.
The hardest thign was the Kanji quiz as well as the Kanji radicals.  It is still the hardest for me even after studying it the most.  I can read them ok and usually understand the meanings, but I have trouble remembering how to write them.

Blog #2 Reflection

This week was the first week back of Japanese class.  We jumped in right away to the grammar which was kind of difficult.  There were some new things I didn't understand and I feel like I will understand them better once I get into a better mindset for studying more Japanese.  I do feel when we are reading something that we should read it before we come to class.  It will make those exercises more effective and efficient.