Emoticons Continued.

Table flip: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Alarmed table flip: (┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻
Angry table flip: (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
Putting the table back: ┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)
Whut: ¬_¬
R u srs/rlly: ಠ_ಠ
zzzzzz: (￣。￣)～ｚｚｚ
Le drool: °٢°
Butterfly: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Innocent: ʘ‿ʘ
sjfsjl: (°ロ°)☝
Oh joy: ಥ⌣ಥ
Kawaii kawaii: (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ
Yay~: ヽ(゜∇゜)ノ
Wat: (″･ิ_･ิ)っ
WhAt WAs ThAT: ∑(゜Д゜;)
Win: (☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞
Dog 1: •ᴥ•
Dog 2: ●ᴥ●
Dog 3: ☻ᴥ☻
Me is friendly: (´･ω･`)
: 3:<`∀´>
Wae: <丶´Д｀>
Wae 2: （ ；´Д｀）
Happy: ∧∧
Idek: ┐('～`；)┌
MY OVARIES: (*´Д`)ﾊｧﾊｧ
Woah..: ( ﾟдﾟ)
Le tear: （ つ Д ｀）
Angel: ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞
SPARKLEZZZZ: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
Bombs: ( ・_・)ノ⌒●~*

とても可愛いですね。

Self-Reflection

You completed Cycle 1. おめでとう！(Congratulations!) Please reflect on the cycle. You will write what exercises in your plan that you did, how successful you were in achieving your goals, what difficulties you encountered, etc.
You just took the midterm oral exam. Please self-evaluate your performance of the oral exam in terms of your language use, pronunciation, fluency, communication skills, etc. What positive aspects did you have in your performance? What points do you think you need to improve?
You may write the statement in English or/and in Japanese.

I felt reasonably accomplished with my finishing of the goals that I set for myself, considering that I did in fact get a chance to do the anime shadowing that I had intended to do. Considering that Shibata-sensei even told me that it was a very hard passage to shadow, I felt that I was very much satisfied with the results that came as a result of it. There were no real difficulties that I encountered in my fulfilling of the goals this cycle, and I truly feel that my fluency in the language improved as a result. Speaking of which, the oral exam, I think went very very well! ^_^ My language use was fairly accurate, although we did go off the script quite a bit considering that Shibata-sensei pulled a fast one on us and changed the topic to something entirely different. But I felt that we recovered very well as a result of it. ~<. But here's to a great second cycle!

-Yammy

ぼくのしゅまつ

せんしゅまつぼくのちちとははがきました。ぼくたちわ鍼治療にいきました。ぼくの足首わいたいです。でも、いまわ痛くない。でも、いまわ痛くない。大丈夫です！

私のゴル

My goals for this pronunciation exercise are to become significantly more fluent in my speech, and to be able to pronounce particular phrases or sounds that fairly difficult for me, like "r" and the unvoiced consonants, with more technique and correctness. I also hope to be able to learn to use the proper pitches and intonations naturally that a native speaker would use in their speech.

To accomplish these goals, I am going to continue with the multiple shadowing exercises, as well as attempt the tongue twisters (I will get level 3!). As I watch anime frequently, I will memorize at least a couple of my more favorite lines from the anime that I love and learn the proper intuitions and pronunciations for all of them. Finally, as I listen to a great deal of Japanese music, I intend to start to sing along to those songs (alone, of course) in an attempt to learn how they pronounce the words currently.

がんばれ！

かおもじ

I'm actually not a stranger to the many Japanese emoticons that we were exposed to today - I've actually seen quite a number of them online before, with stuff like this:

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

(́一◞౪◟一‵)

ლ(́ಢ.◞౪◟ಢ‵ლ)

( ́ ◕◞ε◟◕`)

(́≖◞౪◟≖‵)

I think they're adorable.

とてもかわいだよ〜

でも、How on earth did people come up with the original ideas for these かおもじ?!

わからない。。。