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.
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