Throughout the past semester, I managed to accomplish most of the goals in my learning plan. I did revise all the material from the Fall semester and set a good foundation to continue my learning. I learnt more of the vocabulary regarding different topics and am now able to make more complicated sentences, use different cases, ask questions, talk about myself and my plans etc. I have also improved my reading and pronunciation skills as well as am much better at understanding expressions in videos, song lyrics and dialogues. I can use vocabulary of time and space, food, drinks, emotions and feelings as well as say happy birthday, bon appetite, bless you, good luck etc. I also looked at new cultural topics and feel satisfied with what I learnt about Turkish tourism, shopping, archeology etc. Additionally, I am able to somewhat express myself in restaurant and malls and order something, ask for prices and other questions. I can use the polite phrases such as thank you, please, excuse me etc. pretty well as those were much easier for me to remember. Last but not least, I watched a Turkish movie and continue watching TV series to get further listening and cultural practice. I accumulated a vast number of online resources for learning Turkish and am hoping that I can make good use of them in the future.
The only challenge that I am concerned about is how to maintain my language skills as the time goes by. I am hoping to get additional practice in summer or even visit Turkey for a few days to see what I learnt about and practice the language. I am planning to maintain contact with my language partner and possibly further continue to develop my Turkish skills.
I enjoyed the overall process of my language learning!
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