Reflections from last week

[Taylor Napier-Runnels]

Last week I felt like I accomplished all of my goals set forth and I am progressing at a good pace. I feel like at this point I could carry on a basic introductory conversation with people on the street and understand basic words and phrases used during a conversation or a news broadcast. However, I am realizing that while I'm learning a lot of vocabulary I also need to work more on the grammar, learning how to construct sentences and learning more verbs so I can carry on more conversations.Probably the best part of the past week was when Mona brought her mom to class because I learned a lot about what life was like in Iran along with culture and history, particularly about the Iranian Revolution. Mona's mother also asked us questions in Farsi or held simple dialogues with Mona, which made me realize how much Farsi I could actually understand even if I may not have been able to respond to everything in perfect Farsi. I really like how Mona brings in other Farsi speakers into class because its nice to hear the different ways (accent and and speed) they speak and write. It is also helpful for learning more about the culture and different people's views of what life is like in Iran. This week I have to do my first artifact so I am hoping that my dialogue conversation will flow smoothly and I can demonstrate how much I have learned.