Very few students kept up with the blog project as assigned to us. Many students forgot and just viewed it more as an assignment than as a real means of communication with other japanese students. The course contains a lot of work as it is and I just dont feel that the blog project was truly effective. However, I think some individuals did enjoy having a new medium for interacting in japanese and valued the experience. Therefore, I think, as it was initially assigned to us, it should be something that is available to students but not a requirement. Better yet, if extra credit were to be assigned based on blog work I think that would be an effective incentive without the added pressure.

おはようございます。先週はとてもいそがしい。日本語のプロジェクトは十五じかんぐらいかかりましたから。それから、らいしゅうしけんが三まいがあるので、とてもいそがしいでしょう。今週末、私はたくさん日本語の文ぽうやたん語を勉強したり、たくさんかんじを書いたりするつもりです。

今日のしけんはむずかしすぎました。だから、とてもわるいせいせきをとると思います。私はファイナルのしけんにいいせいせきをとらなくちゃいけませんよ。私は日本語をたくさん勉強するつもりです。でも、わるいせいせきをとるでしょう。＝（。

今週末はかの女とウィンたーグリーンに山にのぼりに行くつもりです。プールにおよいだりし泡るな映画を見るつもりですから、勉強するつもりです。かの女はおいしい食べものをりょうりします。たのしいと思ういます。

http://people.virginia.edu/~abw4t/japanesespeech.wma
Here's my speech. That took forever to figure out.

I had my speech memorized fully but when I got up in front of the class it all slipped away. I only remembered the first two or three lines and then had to look down. That was very frustrating. I also had too many pauses and inconsistent fluency. There were many things I could improve on however I dont think it was the worst speech ever given.

私は私のへやにいますから、このしゅうまつはつまらないですよ。私はsociology paperを書きますから、三本を読みます。私は出かけたいです。でも、出かけてはいけません。私はいいグレードをとりたいですから。よくブログをわすれましたがしょう来わすれません。