- the task(s) you are working on; I had a conversation with Turkish student named Arda. My language partner brought him to the class and we asked him questions. I prepared several questions ahead like "How old are you?", "What's your job?", and "How many family members do you have?".
- a statement of what you hoped to accomplish; I was aiming to review what I have learned in the class and by myself. Because most of the learnings are based on conversation, I had lots of topics to talk about with him.
- the strategies (activities and resources) you used to work on your task(s); We began conversation with asking our identities, how we were feeling, and our hobbies. My language partner helped me when I had some questions that I haven't learned yet.
- an evaluation of the effectiveness of your strategies; I think it was really effective that I was able to practice speaking and listening face to face with a person other than my language partner. Because every individuals have different tones and way of speaking, it is necessary to experience conversations with many people. This practice expanded my boundary of speaking and listening in Turkish. It was different from simply listening to records, because I was talking while I am watching his facial emotions and gestures.
- how you will build on what you have learned about the language; I wrote down some new topics that we talked about, so that I can review them in my personal time. I will spend my own time to answer questions that he asked in different ways.
- how you will build on what you have learned about your strategies. I will try to have more meetings with Turkish native speakers and have conversations with them.
Self-assessment of My Learning Plan
I accomplished most of my learning plan. I learned how to order food and read menu in a restaurant, and listened Turkish pop-songs to improve my listening. I could not do prayer in Turkish, but I will learn how to in next semester. I enjoyed lots of different activities I had by myself and other people like my classmates and my language partner. I think group works are the most effective because I can be generous on myself evaluating sometimes. But with other people, I can compare and contrast the pronunciation and the speed of speaking.
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