Blog #5

今週の火曜日にクラスに来なかったです。病気だったので。それから、北日本人に会わなかった。でも、キャサリンのルームメートのマナ産を知っています。まなさんは横浜市から来ました。二十二歳で立教大学の大学生です。社会学の専攻です。歌う事が好きです。とても上手です。

This week we learned new grammar, but since I was not there I had to do a lot of the grammar on my own.
I was a bit difficult grammar but I was able to figure most of it out.  The kanji quiz was also very difficult since I was not able to study as much as I would have liked since I was ill and had 3 exams last week.  However the next kanji quiz I hope to do a lot better on!

Blog #4

This week we learned about blood types.  This was the most fun thing in class because learning different Japanese culture is interesting.  We were able to guess everyone's blood types and talk about each type.  It was very interesting and i want to find out with my blood type is.  We had kanji this week and it was not too bad.  I felt like a lot of the kanji were ones we have already learned and studied.  We learned the grammar and without much practice it is hard to learn.... I will make sure i try my best in learning all the grammar points and feeling comfortable with them.

最初に来た学生は宿野愛です。愛さんは二十一歳で修道大学の大学生で広島の出身です。英語の専攻しているのに、あまり英語を話せないと言いました。歌うことが好きです。
次の学生は田中みおです。立教大学で経済を勉強している大学生です。仕事で英語をしゃべる事が必要だから、みおさんはアメリカに来ました。好きな事はゴルフです。
最後の来た学生はいけの・もえこです。聞こえなかったので、もえこさんのことはわからないんです。

Blog #3

This week Yuki sensei was only here for 1 day.  The other day she was absent and we had, Sayuri-sensei to teach our class.  I think it is always nice to have guest teachers because it is nice to hear how other people speak.  if you get use to how only one person speaks, it is very hard when you go to put your Japanese into use.  We learned more grammar this week and I need to practice it all more so I can get more use out of it.  I have already used a couple of the new grammar points with my Japanese friends so I can get use to them.  We also had our first Kanji quiz, and I think I did rather well.  I think it was because most of these kanji we had seen in the past.  However I will try to continue to work harder on the next ones.  The last thing we did this week was read the story.  I think the way it was done was kind of bad.  It takes to long when we have to translate the lines 1 after another.  I think instead we should be assigned to read it before hand.  We should then come to class with any questions that we have.

クラスに来た２人の日本人のこと
最初の日本人はさと・まいです。二十歳で立教大学でかんこう学を勉強してる二年生です。バスケや買い物に興味がある。恵比寿に住んでる。
次の学生はかわがみ・ありさです。ありささんも立教大学生です。二専攻は歴史だけど、日本の歴史じゃない。十九歳の二年生です。

もっと日本人も来るといいんですが。

Blog #2

This week went very well.  We have a smaller class which is nice because it makes us use more Japanese and we get to be involved more with the class.  It was a lot of fun being able to talk to everyone again because it kind of feels like one big family.  We started grammar again and we learned a lot of good things and I am very excited for this semester.  However, I am not happy about starting Kanji next week.  I am so baddddd. I look forward for the year though,  I really want to get a lot better at Japanese before I will go back to Japan.  I will try to put my all into the class and learn many things.