111 Week 8

[malory rodriguez]

This week I discovered the beauty of "Speaking Swedish with Confidence". I am nearly half way through the CD and it has been a huge help. I haven't had the time to go over and memorize the new words and grammar and pronunciation tips I have learned but just knowing them is a big help. The CD is kind of annoying to listen to sometimes but I think having concrete rules is something that helps me a lot. To be honest I kind of feel way too overwhelmed with the video translations, listening to the CD and then on top of that trying to memorize the rules. Im not awful at learning languages but nor am I a prodigy. I think I need to break things down into smaller sections and not try to do everything at once. Like watch on clip, listen to two conversation and memorize 10 words or something like that. Because at the rate im going at it feels like I am doing the work but not getting anything out of it. I felt a lot like that last semester with the vocab. but when I broke it down, things got easier. So I will try that. I am still trying to come up with some sort of cultural project, I have spoken about it with everyone and their mother but nothing really seems to click. I think I am going to put some more thought into and if I can't figure out something go with some previous ideas. Although one I think that could kind of be cool is comparing Swedish to the nordic languages. Like Swedish to danish. Because I know there are some words in Swedish that mean one thing but in Danish mean another. But I am not quite sure how that would translate into a cultural project, I feel like its more a language project. hmm I still have to to decide.