My goals for these past two weeks were to:
- A) Do half of Unit 8: Daily Activities, sourced from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture;
- B) Continue reading Indonesian comic books, sourced from the internet; and
- C) Use Bahasakita.com (our language), an online resource, to learn the particles "Sih," "Nah," "Nih," "Tuh," "Kan," "Kok," "Deh," "Kek," and "Yuk." These particles are often used in informal contexts and are a part of the colloquial language.
- D) Meet with my partner for four hours
Strategies to accomplish these goals:
- A) I am halfway done Unit 8: Daily Actives / Hobbies. 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 units' activities. I have amassed a large vocabulary pertaining to the topics that will prove useful in daily conversations. The unit's goals are to learn about the "behavior" of animals and humans (The word "behavior" in Bahasa Indonesia is used to indicate daily activities / hobbies.); To give information about the behavior of humans and animals; to ask for information about the behavior of humans and animals; to give information about objects' functions (think stove, etc.); and to ask for information about objects' functions.
- B) I continued to read 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.
- These past two weeks, I have used the website Bahasakita.com to learn more about colloquial language. I learned about particles such as "Sih," which is attached to the end of a word to add emphasis and or annoyance and "Kok," which, if used at the beginning of a sentence, becomes "How come ...?"
- 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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