Overall, I think I did a good job accomplishing all of my goals I included in my learning plan. However, I don’t think I have retained ALL the information I learned. I have to continue to practice and go over everything I have learned this semester to be able to continue my development with the language. However, I am able to have small talk, greet people, talk about myself and my family, pronounce words correctly for the most part, and talk about my interests. I think I need more work on telling time/days of the week, as well as asking others questions.
One stumbling block I encountered this semester was not always being as self-motivated as I should be. SDL is the first class I took here, where it was up to me to really force myself each day to sit down and practice what I learned each week. It was easy to prioritize my other classes over Hindi. This was something I struggled with during the beginning of the semester. However, I later realized that I was only going to learn as much as I put in. It was up to me to make the most of it. I always wanted to learn Hindi so I decided I needed to be better at taking time out of my day to sit down and study Hindi. Another stumbling block I encountered towards the end of the semester was not being able to coordinate times with my language partner. A few times toward the end, she said she was too busy or would show up late/leave early. However, because I saw my language partner at our dance practices and SASA meetings, sometimes we were able to practice a bit of Hindi to make up for the lost time.
In the future, I definitely want to continue my study of Hindi. I will continue to use the app on my phone to learn new Hindi words as well as review everything I learned here at UR. I hope to one day visit India and be fully immersed in the culture and converse with people I meet. I am so happy I decided to take SDL course. It allowed me to better augment my language learning skills as well as learn about other cultures through the posts and discussions!
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