自己介绍

はじめまして。いです。　わたしはあめりかじんです。　だいがくいんせえです。　どうぞよろしく。　わたしはすひおたべるのがすき。　わたしはしゅくだいがすきでわない。　さよなら

Japanese Goal Statement

My ultimate goal regarding Japanese language acquisition is to be able to speak to Japanese businessmen, government officials, and academics on a wide range of topics including politics, economics, sciences, and history.

To reach this level of Japanese, I need a solid foundation of pronunciation, reading, writing, and listening.

Through Japanese 101, I hope to gain this solid foundation so I can continue to learn Japanese at Princeton and beyond.

I am particularly keen on being able to mimic the Tokyo accent in Japanese. I will focus my efforts on the shadowing exercises and speaking in class.

I am also interested in being able to build a large vocabulary. I will focus my efforts in class on memorizing key words that relate to topics in politics, economics, sciences, and history.

I am hoping to be able to listen and understand at a greater level than my speaking, writing, or reading. I plan to make sure I understood every word and phrase used during drill/class time by my teachers and classmates.

Goals:
Be able to mimic the intonation of a male Japanese speaker.
Be able to speak with a rhythm that is fluid across sentences as opposed to individual mora units.
Be able to distinguish the aspirated and non-aspirated consonant sounds
Be able to distinguish the long and short vowels.

Methodology:
Shadowing exercises with Japanese movies, TV shows, and dramas.
Repeating sentences that my Japanese instructors say during class.
Attend Japanese Tables

Why Japanese?

Hello classmates! I'm very excited to start this blog and track how my Japanese improves, as well as use it as a compilation of the strange and wonderful elements of Japanese culture. I want to learn Japanese because I want to be able to travel Japan and perhaps even live there for a couple years. Think of being able to see and understand everything going on here.

I first became interested in Japanese due to a manga I watched called Cowboy Bebop. There was a movie made from the series a couple years ago. 

I started saying words like 素晴らしい and ばかな to my friends. Soon we were all watching Japanese anime. 

The hardest part for me in the past couple of days is the daily repetition of studying a language. It will be nice to 

get in a groove very fast and be able to see nice ROIs. Do you have any suggestions of how to memorize characters?

Japanese 101 Begins

Hello world!
こんにちは世界