Project Explore: Japanese

The blog of a senior year project to study Japanese language.

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Materials and Goals

指揮者の記
 6.23.13 For the most part I'm going to be working out of Yookoso! Third edition. I was given the textbook and the accompanying workbook from a local Japanese school. Besides those I have several assorted books I've gathered and my old notes. Goals: Finish "Getting Started" and Chapter 1 "Classmates" by the end of summer. After that I'll hopefully work at around a chapter a month for the remaining six chapters, bringing me to February, and leaving March and April as overflow time in case I'm behind. In this I'll work to learn all vocabulary and grammar presented in the text. So, that's 122 pages of text book and 148 work book pages by the end of the summer. And there concludes an excessively boring post. Jessie out.

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Welcome

指揮者の記 6.17.13

This will be the log/blog of a senior year study project on the Japanese language. Name: Jessie Age: 17 Timeline: June 2013-May 2014 I’ve studied Japanese in bits and pieces since I was around ten years old; despite this I can barely hold a fifteen second conversation about more than the weather. I can read hiragana, most katakana, and some kanji, though it’s about 10-15 at most. What to expect: Star Trek references, moaning about -te form, complaining about kanji readings, more Star Trek, and lots and lots of mistakes. My poorly translated “Commander’s Log” at the top of the entry is a prime example (of both the Star Trek and my failure). You can find the rest of my crew undertaking senior projects through the same program over at penandplot, where Captain Devin is writing a novel. Our Chief Medical Officer had a shred of sanity left and decided she actually wanted to sleep senior year. She will hopefully be cheering/cajoling from the sidelines. You can find her over at mccooy.

Thank you for sticking through this massive text post.

Jessie out.