For the first two weeks, I plan to review all that I learned in 110 and 111, so that I can build upon that knowledge. I was not able to practice more than a few hours over the summer because of my work schedule and traveling. During the first two weeks, I reviewed the alphabet, numbers, simple phrases for response (yes,no,maybe), verb conjugation in the past tense and I had two homework assignments. The first of the two homework assignments dealt with looking up 10 words, given to us in English, in a Persian dictionary and we had to write out the translations. The second assignment required me to conjugate 10 verbs for the six pronouns. I used the strategy of memorization, flipping through a Persian dictionary and writing skills to accomplish it homework at hand. These strategies were highly effective and I received perfect grades on both assignments. I am especially confident in my writing and speaking ability in regards to verbs,that sort of came naturally with few if any errors generally. I will build on all of this by continuing to expand my vocabulary as I translate words from English to Dari and I will also converse to build on every element of learning the language.
So far I am feeling confident because this is all touching on things I simply needed to be refreshed on. However; I do find it hard to understand and respond to conversation solely in Dari. This is chiefly because I do not have many words to work with. If I had a better grasp of vocabulary, then sure I could handle fast paced, complex conversations in the classroom. I will attempt to strengthen this by learning more vocabulary.
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