Shadowing Goals and Stuff

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It hasn't been a month, but I've learned so much about Japanese already - our first test is tomorrow, and I've already started to be able to converse and say many primitive sentences - not just memorized phrases, but with custom actions and objects.

At this point, I've been able to see what will leave me most satisfied in taking this course - what my goals shall be. There are one thing that, in particular, strike my eye

 - Reading speed / talking speed
     In the future, I can still see myself watching anime and playing osu (a rhythm game filled with Japanese songs such as those from vocaloid or anime http://osu.ppy.sh/). In that sense, it is always said that you would learn a language much better if you are immersed in it. However, it will be irrelevant if I can't keep up; if all they're saying and singing are just mumbles to my slow ear and voice, learning through exposure will prove to be difficult. As such, I want to focus on my speed - in all aspects of Japanese, reading, writing, speaking, and shadowing, as much as possible.

There are many side effects of this goal, however. Two aspects of my Japanese speaking that I have noticed that are particularly weak, is my ability to move between certain moras (such as in tongue twisters), and my rhythm in reading long vowels and double consonants. In the end, everything will tie together and every single thing to work on - word pitch, intonation, and everything else - will help my speed.

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 - 陽海 (やんはい)(Yang, Allen)