Today I was excited to finish setting up my Rosetta Stone software only to find that the headset that came with the program isn't compatible with my computer! What a bummer. After trying everything support suggested I went ahead and ordered a headset and will have it on Friday. I sure hope it works properly!
Since my attempt to use Rosetta Stone didn't end up working out today, I continued to practice using all my other resources. I've been trying really hard to read and recognize all the kana and have noticed small improvements each day. It's exciting to be able to sound out words. I don't think I've been this excited about sounding things out since I was four years old! I was looking at some tablet wallpaper photos on an app today, and there were several that I had seen previously but hadn't noticed the hiragana characters on them before. It was fun to sound out each character even if I ultimately didn't know what the word was yet. I can't wait to know more words and form better sentences than the equivalent of "My socks" or "My cat".
I've been practicing writing the kana and kanji as well, but so far have been using apps to do so. Tracing a character on a tablet for sure isn't the same as writing with pen and paper. I found some free worksheets online Monday that I printed out but haven't utilized yet.
Today I continued to practice some greetings and reviewed all the other words I've learned so far. I'm excited to see how my vocabulary expands and character recognition improves in the coming days.
I have some kanji books coming in the mail and I can't wait to see what I'll be learning next! I'll have another update soon!
Until then, sayonara!
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