SDLAP 111: Bi-weekly Post #4

Fourth Bi-weekly Post

  1. 1.       Reading a simple short story
    1. Sanya will assign me a short story on Thursday. I will read this on my own and I should be able to fluently read this story to Sanya during our next meeting
    2. Learn 10 new words
    3. “Culture Talk”

                    i.      Ask questions about Indian culture and have a cultural conversation utilizing basic Hindi words

  1. 2.       Reading a short story
    1. Sanya will assign me a short story on Thursday. I will read this on my own and I should be able to fluently read this story to Sanya during our next meeting
    2. Learn 10 new words
    3. “Culture Talk”

                    i.      Ask questions about Indian culture and have a cultural conversation utilizing basic Hindi words

This time around, Sanya and I tackled my second goal for this semester: learning how to read in Hindi! Sanya gave me a short story that we read together. At first, this was a big challenge. Throughout the course of the semester, I have been focusing on writing. I have made considerable progress in that field. However, as far as reading went a story goes, I was a little taken aback. I went in feeling confident about being comfortable with reading. However, a small set back was not going to stop me.

 

During my session with my language partner, we continued reading even though it was challenging. Sanya advised that I break down the words and use the alphabet pronunciation. Since Hindi is a language based on phonetics, this was extremely useful advice. Separating the words gave me the same familiarity that I had in the beginning stages of the semester. Using this technique, I read the short story multiple times. After a few times, I was able to grasp the overall pattern.

 

I have been practicing on my own and am hoping to become more fluent over time. 

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