Part One of First Artifact: Brief Monologue
I was confident, as I should have been by now, in greeting listeners, stating my name, age and where I am from. I also said that I was a student. I incorporated new words dealing with clothing and shopping that I learned in the beginning of the semester. I also said that I have a big family as a way to try to be more descriptive. Furthermore; I told my parent's names, which I could not put into a sentence before. My accent sounds much more believable now in my opinion, but a native speaker may disagree. I feel more fluent in my speaking ability because I am more confident in what I am saying. I think I could improve the sentence about my family being large by using less formal words ( whatever those may be). I search for words in dictionaries and do not know how relevant they are in regards to a typical Dari conversation. What I truly want to work on is expanding my vocabulary. I have a lot of personality, so using basic words to describe things that are interesting will not do. That is a goal of mine for this semester.
Parts Two, Three and Four : Alphabet, Numbers and Days of the Week
Alphabet: It took me a very long time to memorize the alphabet in order. I used to say all the letters and just count in my head until I got to the final one. Now, I have made sense of it. I am very proud of this as it is the groundwork for language learning. I still struggle with saying a few of the letters, but think I tackled them all in this recording. I have trouble saying " ق غ" in most cases. The goal is to be able to say both of them with as much confidence as I use in the remainder of the alphabet.
Numbers: I cannot count past 40 because I do not know how to say 50,60,70,80,90, etc. Learning numbers is not in my learning plan, but it is necessary so I will try to weave it in.
Days of the Week: I am still unsure on how to pronounce these perfectly. I think I am just saying them with an American accent and Friday is the trickiest. I still do recognize the days in conversations.
I will work on improving all my issues by asking questions to native speakers about pronunciation, saying the words aloud and researching the language.
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