During my first session with my language partner, we planned out the semester and decided what days and times to meet, what we will cover, and what format to use to exchange learning materials. We decided to alternate among learning through music, TV shows, and news articles. Each week, I will answer questions (in Hebrew) written and asked in Hebrew by my language partner over the phone, and respond to a discussion post in Hebrew before the phone call on our shared Google Drive document.
This week, I listened to "Zahav" by Static and Ben El Tavori and responded to the discussion post my sister posted on our google document. The week after, I watched my first episode of Srugim, an Israeli TV show, often referred to as the "Jewish Friends." It was a bit difficult to watch the episode and follow along while the actors were talking so quickly, but it helped me to pause and play the episode often to give myself time to look up words with which I was not familiar. This also allowed me to expand my vocabulary and even learn more casual, slang terms.
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