Goals:

• To improve the fluidity and confidence when speaking Japanese, reducing pauses and stutters.

Activities:

• Listen to at least 2 hours of Japanese speech a week (preferably in the form of anime)
• Shadow as much as possible when listening to said speech; shadow at least one passage per episode
• Speak conversational Japanese with a friend at least once a week for an extended period of time (10-15 minutes)

はじめまして。 わたしのなまえはＥｖａｎです。Ｐｒｉｎｃｅｔｏｎだいがくのにねんせいです。わたしはあにめがだいすきで、あにめｃｌｕｂのかいちょうです。みんなさん、がんばれ！

ようこそ!

Welcome (ようこそ) to my new blog for Japanese! I've been excited to learn the language for years, ever since I began watching anime in middle school, and since then I've also become highly interested in Japanese culture as well. The day when I can write these sentences entirely in Japanese will be a happy one for me...there are many things I want to do with the things I'm going to learn, so I hope to learn them quickly. Memorizing hiragana, however, is already quite difficult, and it will only get harder from here as we delve into the katakana, kanji, and the actual grammar of the language. So let's all try to do our best...good luck, we'll need it.

-Evan