Learning Journal 5 110

[Maddie Philips]

I think that my first artifact conversation went really well. It was created after Amaia and I had been working on creating and answering basic questions about ourselves, and I also found it extremely useful to have Amaia's help with my accent as well. By creating a conversation between the two of us, we were able to teach me the proper cadence of a conversation in Basque, as well as understand the types of questions that a person may ask in real life, and how I can answer them. The one drawback was that it was scripted, so next time my goal is to have an organic conversation between the two of us. As far as how well I met my learning goals for weeks four and five, I think that I did a fairly good job. When Amaia quizzed me on my knowledge at our next meeting, I was able to remember the responses to each question she asked, as well as learn how to generate new questions according to the meanings of certain words, like "non" leading to a question asking about location, or "zenbat" meaning "how many." As for learning the verb "egon," I still have some things to learn, but for the most part I can use it in the correct context, which is also important.