My goals for these past two weeks were to:
- A) Finish unit 7 Directions/Instructions, sourced from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture
- B) Begin reading Indonesian comic books (I decided that I will utilize free versions of comic books rather than purchase a (short) Indonesian children's book).
- C) Meet with my partner for four hours
Strategies to accomplish these goals:
- A) Over these past two weeks, I have made a lot of progress with unit 7. Nevertheless, I have not completed the unit as it is dense and lengthy. This will constitute a minor hurdle as I planned to finish one unit every two weeks. At the end of each session, I collected the new vocabulary that I learned. In addition, I worked on my speaking, writing, reading, and listening skills through the unit's activities. Now, I can describe a building's location vis-a-vis its surroundings. In addition to describing the location of people, things, and animals, I have amassed a large vocabulary pertaining to the topic that will prove useful in daily conversations. For example, I can ask where objects are in a given room and describe its location. Moreover, I practiced equative, comparative, and superlative comparisons.
- B) I began reading comics whose genres range from comedy to drama to fairytale. Here, this exercise allows me to get a better grasp on the "street" language as these comics use informal speech. It is important for me to not only learn the vocabulary but gain an understanding of the informal sentence structure patterns as well as the culture behind the conversations.
- C) I met with my language learning partner for 4 hours over these past two weeks. During these meetings, we worked on my speaking, writing, reading, and listening skills.
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