Final Reflection of sorts:

So its the end of the year for me, and I guess I kinda have to go back and look at what i have accomplished during the course of this class. The highlights of this class for me I guess really boil down to the massive amount of information that I took in in such a short amount of time. The sheer difficulty of the undertaking was really an achievement in and of itself. I guess the main problem that I had through out this class was also the difficulty of the language itself. That was the hard part. in order to really and honestly learn a language, you have to be immersed in it 24\7. You can have other things in your way, like school, or any other kinda deal. You have to be completely able to give yourself over to the topic that you are trying to learn. And that is not possible in a lot of circumstances. So, I think that both Ben and I did the best we could under the circumstances that were presented to us. That being said resources such as the tutor down at Ga State University and Chinese pod were really helpful. That eased a good percentage of the stress and tension that were originally in the air. However, the difficulty level was still extremely high and thats what made this an independent study class. In conclusion, I guess what I should end up saying is that I believe that i have learned alot and my presentation tonight will show that. It was a good semester.

Chinese pod update so far:

So, far Chinese pod has gone really well. i don't think its beneficial to either of us if i just post links, so what i have been doing, is lining the work that my tutor gave me with the lessons that I get on Chinese pod. this is providing to be very helpful with regards to my progress. so quiz me, this afternoon.

First day of working chinese pod!!!!!!

So, today is my first day of actually working on Chinese pod with all the content available to me. Im gonna jump right into it and i will let you know how it goes in tomorrow's post.

Monday's Plan:

Today, I'm going to review the things my tutor gave me since the Chinese pod issues have not been worked out as of yet. I also found nifty website run by the B.B.C, that has some very useful information on it as well. Just talked to Mrs. Newman and she is going to set up all the information today, so I will be up and running tomorrow. Awesome.

How my tutoring went and what my homework is now:

my session with the tutor went really well. She quizzed me on colors, all the basic phrases I showed you on the first page of that packet and numbers 1-100. The thing with numbers in Chinese is that they are really quite easy, 1-10 are very simple. 11-20, is just any number 1-9 and add the word 10 after it. Then for all numbers after that, 21 would be er shi er. Which translates into 2 10 1 or 21. So, its actually kind of easy. I'm also beginning to learn the names of some basic animals as well. Like dog, cat, and the so forth. She also gave me a larger list of colors to know, seeing as how I only had to know 3 last time, so know I have a list of 10.

My plan for Today and Wednesday.

Today is going to be spent mostly reviewing my home work assignments for tomorrow's lesson with my tutor. i have most of the colors down, not memorized completely but I can pronounce them all correctly. The counting is coming along as well, though I'm still having problems remembering 6,7, and 8. I will try to get those sorted out tonight, and be ready for tomorrow. I am also practicing writing numbers as well, since that was an additional part of my assignment as well. I will also try to get in touch with Mrs. Newman, She is not in the library currently and I realized that I don't know her first name, so i sent my email to the wrong Newman. other than than, Im feeling very positive about the progress that i am making with Mandarin, and ben and i can discuss a date this afternoon for us to present.

Weekend plan.

I'm going to over, the weekend review the home work assignments that my tutor gave me in preparation for next Wednesday. I have counting pretty much memorized, so if you want to quiz me on that next Tuesday, quiz away. I am still having some difficulty with colors though, so I will attempt to get that all cleared up by Wednesday as well. I also sent Mrs. Newman an email again, just to be sure, though i might have sent it to the wrong first name. I will check on that as well.