It is almost August an I haven't learned any of the language. People have stated online that UVA east asian languages are crazy hard. I better start preparing now. So far it seems my plan is to study for about...5 min a day everyday until I go to UVA. Based on what I've read and heard, going in with hiragana, katakana, and some basic Japanese phrases memorized is a good plan.
So first thing is first, time to relearn hiragana, the most commonly used Japanese script. It shouldn't be too bad since I learned it before, like 4 months ago. Just need to relearn it now. This week's plan is to learn hiragana completely and then slowly start on katakana, which I don't know at all.
I don't really know how I would provide updates unless I just write everyday like "guys I learned 10 more hiragana!" I'll probably just talk about what I'm doing and stuff like that.
If you thought I was joking about that 5 min thing, I'm not. I get through about two songs on my iPod before I get bored and do something else. Sigh this is going to be a pain to learn. Languages are cool but take a lot of effort to learn. I need incentive...or negative feedback in the form of a bad grade. This is why I need the structure of a class, at least for a language.
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