Reflection and goals for the new semester

Looking back at last semester I am pleased with the progress I have made. I think my grasp of Japanese grammar has improved a lot, and as a result I am able to read extended passages of simple Japanese with relative ease. Given that my goal is to learn to read Japanese academic books and articles, I will continue to practice reading regularly.

I will be studying Intermediate Japanese this summer at Harvard's summer program in Cambridge, and when I return to Princeton in the Fall I will enroll in the Japanese reading course. In order to prepare for these challenges, I will continue to read passages from the textbook and from Japanese websites and articles and will also continue to practice the new grammar structures we learn every week.