Reflection 5

I think regular quizes on vocabulary and on kanji help me learn the best. Quizes force me to spend the time on vocabulary and kanji. Vocabulary are important because it's really annoying having to look up words all the time in class. Probably a quiz every class would be best, alternating kanji and vocabulary. The homework is fine. I don't like doing it but if I don't I won't remember the vocabular and grammar. I like some of the handouts, particularly when they reinforce a particular grammar point. I think it's good to keep sprinkling in old grammar points too since they can be easily forgotten over time. I don't like having assigned partners, though, as it takes far too much time to divide poeple into groups and move. I hate the newspaper, probably because I spend far more time thinking of ways to incorporate the grammar points into the material than in actually making Japanese sentences. I find when I have to make my own stuff up I tend to spend more time thinking of the concept than in actually doing the Japanese part. I prefer to be given sentences and then told to translate them or to be given very clear questions and then told to respond. Not general questions like "what would you do...", but responses to parts of a conversation like "Mr. Nakamura has a headache, what is your advice?".

黒岩さんは日本人です。二十歳です。バスケットボールと音楽が好きです。アメリカの音楽が好きですけど、K-Popがきらいです。