たくさんのデタイル「Detail]をはなしたいですから、えい語を書いてもいいと思います。
Speech... I hope
Alright... I'm really disappointed with my speech overall. I open the file, and I listen, and I realize - ho boy did I pronounce my major wrong. That's just... sad. And disappointing. Beyond that rather large mistake, I ended up with a strange accent through the whole thing because of my nerves. And I think I was trying too hard to not cough, which resulted in some funny noises when I paused. I'm not happy with the way I paused in mid-sentence over the particle 'を' either in the first paragraph.
However, I'm also happy that I didn't completely freeze this time as I did the first semester. I don't really have fears about speaking in front of people usually, but I suppose I'm not confident when it comes to speaking in Japanese in front of the class and not within the class, if that makes any sense. Also, memorizing the speech and having the notecards there just in case were a big help. Last time, I didn't have detailed enough notes on my notecards, so they weren't really helpful. I do think that I might have relied on them too heavily, even though I knew the speech pretty well, but I do remember looking up and being comfortable with what I was saying still at times.
Overall, I think I'm also happy with the grammar patterns and the flow of the speech. Last time, I had regrets about not using certain things or not having enough variation - and I feel like I got this this time around.
As far as questions go, well, I guess it was hard because my topic was hard. But I suppose if I could make up 水をエックズペリメント[Experiment]します then it couldn't have been but so bad.
A Kappa Explanation
I'm sure by now some people are confused as to the images I've chosen and the video clip below. The clip below, in case you can't read the rather blurred kanji, is from the anime Gensomaden Saiyuki by Kazuya Minekura. The opening isn't as full of pretty fluorishes and whatnot like the actual episodes are.
Why am I explaining this, you may ask. Well, it all has to do with the kappa nickname that I tend to use - in case you didn't figure the kappa part out by now from the signature on the left. Kappa was the term incorrectly assigned to the Saiyuki character in the original Journey to the West series, Sha Gojyo. Gojyo was a sand demon in the original Buddhist myth about a Sanzo priest traveling to India to meet the Buddha. A kappa, however, is a water demon whose favorite food is cucmbers and who carry water dishes on their heads. This is not Minekura's Gojyo, either.
Still lost? That's good - I'm not there yet. In Kazuya Minekura's version, which is far more of an action and personal discovery piece where the four main characters (five if you count Hakuryuu the dragon who can turn into a Jeep) are trying to prevent Gyumaoh, the Demon King, from being reborn, than a religious treatise (though there are a lot of philosophical aspects and debates buried within it), Sha Gojyo is actually half kappa. You can tell he's not human or demon from his red hair and red eyes. I bet now you know who he is in the clip below.
I got the nickname Kappa from Minekura-san's Gensomaden Saiyuki series, prescribed by a group of friends that seems to perpetuate it regardless of who I'm around - it's actually migrated with me past highschool. Gojyo's personality has some rugged edges, though he's really a big brother type beyond that. He's also the fair bit of a romantic, once you get past the playboy aspect. While there are plenty of differences between myself and Gojyo (mainly the whole he's a guy and I'm not aspect), the name persists.
So, longer than anyone cares, this is your kappa signing off.
Why am I explaining this, you may ask. Well, it all has to do with the kappa nickname that I tend to use - in case you didn't figure the kappa part out by now from the signature on the left. Kappa was the term incorrectly assigned to the Saiyuki character in the original Journey to the West series, Sha Gojyo. Gojyo was a sand demon in the original Buddhist myth about a Sanzo priest traveling to India to meet the Buddha. A kappa, however, is a water demon whose favorite food is cucmbers and who carry water dishes on their heads. This is not Minekura's Gojyo, either.
Still lost? That's good - I'm not there yet. In Kazuya Minekura's version, which is far more of an action and personal discovery piece where the four main characters (five if you count Hakuryuu the dragon who can turn into a Jeep) are trying to prevent Gyumaoh, the Demon King, from being reborn, than a religious treatise (though there are a lot of philosophical aspects and debates buried within it), Sha Gojyo is actually half kappa. You can tell he's not human or demon from his red hair and red eyes. I bet now you know who he is in the clip below.
I got the nickname Kappa from Minekura-san's Gensomaden Saiyuki series, prescribed by a group of friends that seems to perpetuate it regardless of who I'm around - it's actually migrated with me past highschool. Gojyo's personality has some rugged edges, though he's really a big brother type beyond that. He's also the fair bit of a romantic, once you get past the playboy aspect. While there are plenty of differences between myself and Gojyo (mainly the whole he's a guy and I'm not aspect), the name persists.
So, longer than anyone cares, this is your kappa signing off.
2 件のコメント:
I completely understand how you felt. I have the same experience many times, and especially when I listened to my speech for the first time, I felt like breaking the sound file! But in the end, the "torture" told me what I would want to work on to get better at speech and the language! Gambatte~!
That's very true - it's hard to listen to yourself speak sometimes, so being able to record and listen is a good way to improve.
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