Week 5

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Week 5Last week I worked on jokes, this week I will work on improving my accent while simultaneously improving and expanding my vocabulary.I have decided to make flashcards based on category similar to what I did while studying for the SAT’s in high school, and reviewing them for 20 minutes everyday because I feel like I'm forgetting some of the words I learned in weeks 2 and 3.My analysis of my accent: my pace and speed is perfectly fine, but I literally sound like a 5 or 6 year old with an extremely heavy voice. To make matters worse, it’s a combination of Kabuli and Khandari, the northern and southern parts of Afghanistan, because my dad is from Kabul and my mother is from Khandhar. Because my language instructor recommends me to gradually leave my khandari accent, she is herself speaks with a kabuli accent and the kabuli accent is regarded more as the educated variation it is the best one for me to work on.-Spanish has the rolling R’s that took me a long time to master, in Farsi the equivalent problem I am having is the “ka” sound at the end of many words ie zan-a-ka (women)-My language instructor is telling me that every noise in Farsi, at least if I think about it in terms of syllables, there’s a very similar or exact English sounding noise for it, but I’m trying not to think or start to use English as a reference at all and just fight it out in Farsi which is really frustrating but I know if I take the easy route my long-term development will be much more slower overall.