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| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4966 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 841 of 1702 12 March 2013 at 10:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Going to write my speech for this years Japanese Speech contest. I kept waiting and waiting hoping I'd get a good idea if I waited more but that didn't happen. I think I'll be one of the mediocre ones. I feel kinda bad because it doesn't look like anyone from our class will be doing anything special. There's still hope but I think last year was a better year for the speech contest.
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| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4966 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 842 of 1702 13 March 2013 at 5:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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I wrote a short little speech on how I got interested in studying
foreign languages. These things are super short. There's no room to include anything you want to say. If course when I start memorizing ill be thankful for that. I have to translate it next.. its just English right now. Ill post it here when the Japanese is done. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4966 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 843 of 1702 13 March 2013 at 8:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't see myself doing much srs work now that I'm full swing for
this speech. That's gonna stink getting back into it later but oh well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5764 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 844 of 1702 13 March 2013 at 9:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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Timeboxing is your friend! Set your Anki to review from shortest interval first (so you see the cards you know the least well first), set new cards to zero, and set timeboxing to review the deck for 5 minutes only. Then get on with your speech with no SRS worries!
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| Hasi Diglot Senior Member Austria Joined 5898 days ago 120 posts - 133 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 845 of 1702 13 March 2013 at 9:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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I agree about the time boxing tip, even though I haven't really set up my deck like that. What I do is: I tell myself I
only have to review for 5 minutes before I can do something fun like watch a movie or relax. Best of luck with your speech, that sounds really interesting. Is that a regular thing for your class? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4966 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 846 of 1702 14 March 2013 at 3:36am | IP Logged | ||
Well today I didn't get any reviews in. I didn't even force myself at lunch. Whenever I think Japanese my mind goes right to this speech. Once it's written maybe I'll be able to focus better. It is fun. I don't have a good idea or anything unfortunately. I think I'm too nervous to relax and come up with a good idea. But it's cool nonetheless. I suppose I could put it on youtube later. And it seems to be a regular thing for Japanese Language studies all over. They try to get the most prestigious judges they can for these things and somehow a lot of people who seem like they have much better things to do agree to do it. I think it's a cultural thing - I think giving speeches in language study is something East Asians do. I heard about an English speech contest for North Korean students who had recently immigrated to South Korea and how surprised the South Koreans were at the enthusiasm and skill of the participants. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4966 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 847 of 1702 20 March 2013 at 3:40am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm really tired. What's new I guess. I finished my speech for the contest. I wrote out an English draft, then
translated it and then put it on lang 8 for proofing. They changed a lot of it a day my teacher changed at of that version. But it's done. I'm just too sleep deprived to memorize it. I'm pretty sure he'll want me to practice it I class. That'll be a joy. This weekend I'm sure I'll have time and energy to better memorize it. Oh my grammar dictionaries came. I'm probably gonna read them cover to cover although they're really meant as reference. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4966 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 848 of 1702 21 March 2013 at 11:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here's the latest version of the speech... it's cheesy. Unfortunately my writing tends to be on the cheesy side.
私が大学生の時、イタリアのフローレンスで 建築の勉強をしていた妹の所に行ったのが始 まりでした。それまで外国に行ったことがな かったので、カルチャーショックになるかも しれないねと言われました。私は、店で食べ 物を買うのさえ怖かったので、妹と一緒にい なければ、よく腹を減っていました。妹のイ タリア語は下手だったかもしれませんが、妹 は、怖がらなくて、とても凄いと思いました 。私は、妹がまともな文で話していたかわか りませんでした。道と車を指して、妹に「こ れはイタリア語で何て言うのか？」と尋ねた とき、妹がそれを知っていたので、私は妹が 偉いなと思い、私ももっと外国語を学びたく なりました。旅行の後で、私はドイツ語を一 生懸命勉強しました。驚いたことに、二年後 のある美しい夏の夜に、ドイツのランゲンゼ ルボルトのレストランのパティオで、私は、 私の遠い従姉と全てドイツ語で話していまし た。一時間以上も話せたことが信じられませ んでした。言うまでもなく、彼女は、教養が あったので、私が理解できるように簡単に話 してくれたんだと思います。他の従姉も私の ドイツ語のレベルが高いことが嬉しかったみ たいです。しかし、残念ながら、それはもう 随分昔の話です。その時は、難しくて、とて も時間がかかったので、私は長い間、他の外 国語を習おうとはしませんでした。そして私 はアニメを見つけたんです。私は歳をとりす ぎているし、日本語は難しすぎると躊躇しま したが、学習の熱に火がついて以来、今まで 二年近く、この熱はどんどん強くなる一方で す。もっと日本語を学び、日本に旅行したい 気持ちはもう押さえられません。 1 person has voted this message useful |
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