Learning Journal 3

[Maddie Philips]

My goal for this week was to be able to say, "I am," and "you are not," etc. in order to help describe the people around me. I also wanted to learn greetings and farewells. In order to accomplish this, I studied the proper words with the help of my textbook, Aurrera, and then practiced by writing down what I saw around me in the dining hall. I came up with sentences like, "I am short," and "they are not students," and continued until I felt that I had the ability to build sentences competently. I also looked at the Basque books in to global studio in order to study proper greetings, like "kaixo," for "hello," which is said to people you are unfamiliar with, and then "epa," for "hi" which is said to friends and family. I also learned the word for goodbye, "agur," which is said for all people.