I have learned a few new words in Urdu so far. I have a grasp on how to introduce and talk about myself, how to ask questions, and how to talk about my family. I learned these mostly through speaking to my learning partner and also by using online sources in order to practice and review the words and sentences I learned. I believe that I do have realistic goals, mostly because I am focusing on the oral aspect of the language and not on the reading or writing. By the time this course is over, I believe I will have a general novice grasp of this language and will be able to hold and understand very light and brief conversations in Urdu. I will be able to test this by conversing with my friends. The most difficult part still continues to be hearing sounds and pronouncing them. Since this language is very different to others that I know, it has been extremely difficult to produce the sound differences as well as hear them when people speak to me.
March 23 2015
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