PE Goal Statement

Goal:

-To read Hiragana without having to think about each character individually
-To memorize the natural flow in words I learn in order to sound as close to how native Japanese speakers sound


Activities:

-Attend Japanese language table once a week
-Do shadowing 10 minutes per day
-Talk to my Japanese friends and ask them to help correct my accent

Self-Intro

はじめまして。Jeong Yoonhaです。さんねんせいです。どうぞよろしく！

My Japanese is very limited as of now to write a more comprehensive introduction, but I hope to be able to fully introduce myself pretty soon :D 

First week of Japanese

I am a native speaker of Korean and am very interested in how languages work. At Princeton, I started learning Chinese as a freshman and even did the Princeton in Beijing program during the summer. After learning Chinese for about three years, I concluded that it was time to learn another new language. Because I have always thought that Japanese was such a beautiful language to speak, I decided to take Japanese 101. The advantage I have as a native speaker of Korean also encouraged me to go for it. I am excited to be able to communicate in Japanese in the future and cannot wait to visit Japan! 

The first few days of Japanese have not been that difficult. Memorizing Hiragana has been the hardest part, but I'll master that pretty soon :) Japanese, はじめまして!