Week Five Reflections

[Becky Walker]

The incorporation of the Modern Persian CDs has been useful, as I get to select the content as opposed to only guessing at the BBC content through the few English sounding words. The CDs are also in shorter segments, which allows me to repeat them as I wish--sometimes aiming for understanding, while others attempting to recreate the sentence on my own while properly pronouncing it.Though I learned how to form the present progressive, I still have to figure out when it is used. It seems that it can be used in lieu of the future tense on occasion, while replacing the present in others. This is something that I need to further investigate.Reviewing the first few weeks was also helpful, as it reminded me that I am building on what I already know, as opposed to moving past it. I am now trying to include a review in all of my future objectives.Overall, this week I didn't try to tackle all too much material, as I was focusing on fully understanding everything that I had learned while finding ways to combine them--I now practice using the numbers by counting off my exercises in farsi while I am at the gym.