Final PE Evaluation

My first goal was to be as native sounding as I can.
My second goal was to work on my listening.

Overall, I think my second goal was more successful throughout this semester. This may be because the first goal is more difficult, but I feel that my listening has vastly improved over the course of this year. I went from constantly asking "what was that?" to actually clearly understanding everything said to me, and that made me feel really accomplished. I stopped having to ask もう一度話してお願いします。

The first goal is more difficult. This will take continuous work, and I look forward to improving while my time at PII. I hope that I will sound (even if my vocabulary and grammar isn't there yet) native by the time I return after 8 weeks in Japan.

As a concluding note, I am very very pleased to how far I've come, and I am excited to continue studying Japanese.

ローンパーティー

おはよう、

プリンストン大学には、特別なパーティーがあります。それは、伝統的な「ローンパーティー」です。始まりた意味はわかりませんけど、昨今は面白いセレモニーになりました。今年のローンパティーは五月七日でした。昨日友達と行って写真をとりました。

一番楽しいことはパーティーに来る歌手です。毎年10人ぐらいがきてeating clubの前のローンでショーをします。だから、そのパーティーは「ローンパティー」って言います。今年の一番有名な歌手はJeremihだったけど、私が知っていない人です。それもよかった。