Reflection on PE Cycle 1

During the first cycle, I somewhat accomplished my goal. I didn't shadow quite as much as I had hoped - 20 minutes 3 times a week was a bit ambitious. I did, however, shadow some parts of anime about 4 times a week, but only shadowed for 5 to 10 minutes at a time. I did, however, do something more than I intended - I ended up shadowing this song a lot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBTZEtM_V5E. It's the opening theme to the first season of Code Geass, which my roommate was watching. Every episode, I would sing along with the song. I would even sing it when it wasn't playing, just because it was catchy. I have it on my ipod too. I feel like through these exercises, my rhythm got a little bit better, but my pitch could still use some work. For the next cycle, I plan to focus a little harder on pitch, and actually shadow as much as I said I would in the first cycle. Perhaps even more. We'll see. I definitely think singing along with songs helped though - I plan to find some more songs I like so that I can sing along with them.

わたしのにってい

こんばんわ！
まいにち わたしは はちじに おきます。はちじごじゅうごふんに にほんごのじゅぎょうに いきます。 じゅうじに あさごはんを たべます。 じゅういちじはんに ひるごはんを たべます。 それから、 あにめを みます。 わたしのすきな コードギアスです。 ごじに ばんごはんを たべます。 それから、 ビデオゲームを します。 いちじに しゅくだいを します。 にじに ねます。
じゃまた。

Goal Statement

My goal for this cycle is to get a better grasp of pitch and to be able to say my words correctly with the correct pitch. I also want to work on my pronunciation of the different sounds in general. To accomplish this goal, I will try to shadow anime for 20 minutes at least three times a week, and also speak to myself whenever nobody is around.