Final entries... D:
Journal Entry 14:
I was, in the end, able to get cover about 80% of the textbook that Mahshad suggested; I would like to be able to have covered all of it, but we had to skip a few sessions for various reasons. I think I work much better with the guidance of a textbook; unfortunately, it also makes it hard to want to branch out and use other resources. My perennial struggle with all languages is memorizing vocabulary, so one of my goals over the summer is to research and develop a system that works well for me to memorize vocabulary (especially since I am officially signed up for multiple languages simultaneously). In short, I am satisfied with my progress, even if it could be better. Over the course of the semester, I think my goals started to shift from “I want to learn Persian in order to communicate with people” to “I want to learn Persian out of linguistic curiosity,” which I am fine with, but it also very much changes the work that I am doing.
Cultural Post 8:
Unfortunately, I cannot see any of the other cultural projects online except Sneha’s, which was primarily in Hindi (which I very much do not understand). I did notice that a lot of the cadences are similar to Persian. Once I am able to see more, I will update this.
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