Leanring Journal # 3 -- 2016

[Bradley Fischer]

Learning Journal 3:  State your learning goals for this week and how you went about accomplishing these goals.Learning Goals:My learning goals for this week was to complete unit one from Let’s Speak Indonesian. This unit, in combination with other units from the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Education’s work material, prepares me for satisfying Task 1 from my learning plan.How I Accomplished This Goal:In this unit, I learned how to greet people at various times of the day, how to use terms of address,how to ask what someone’s name is, how to ask where someone is from, how to make an offer, how to oaks what something is, how to politely ask a question, how to ask if something is located nearby, how to ask where something is, how to ask for a description of something, how to ask permission to leave, how to politely excuse oneself, and how to say goodbye.Moreover, I have learned cultural customs as well. I learned visiting etiquette, times of the day, how to make an offering, use of pronouns, staying at a boardinghouse, Indonesian cafes, language etiquette, leave-taking etiquette, and saying goodbye.Throughout this week, I have worked on my interpersonal communication, interpretive listening, interpretive reading, and presentational writing skills. I worked on these skills in both Let’s Speak Indonesian and from the material given by the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Education. Moreover, I used social media mediums such as Instagram to practice my interpretive reading and oral communication skills. I also chatted with Indonesians throughout the week including a professor, musician from the Indonesian Embassy, and my girlfriend’s family members.The information and skills I have honed were then applied to both my meetings with my language-learning partner.