I Will Survive!

So, I survived my first week of teaching Japanese.

....Okay, so I only teach twice a week, but my nerves just about killed me. I feel so self-conscious, not sure if I'm making sense to the class. Can I really answer their questions? I may have graduated with a BA in Japanese, but I haven't had a Japanese class in nearly 2 years. And this is my first teaching experience EVER. Luckily, I have the best TAs in the world, and I managed to get by with only one student making a mistake with a written sentence on the board that I failed to correct (Granted, we were out of time, so I didn't have any time to really, but that's just me making up excuses).

And next week, the ELC classes start. And I get to do... the 8:15 a.m. class for five weeks, lol. I will survive!

I'm excited for my other classes, though, especially my Contrastive Analysis of Japanese and English. That should be fun! My Phonology class, though.... I got so lost on Wednesday with all the talk of dorsal sounds, high-low-back vowels (this is coming back to me, though), and how to describe words that I am very scared of this class. I have scraped by in my graduate career with As in everything except one class (where I got a B+), and this is the first class to truly frighten me. Because I just don't understand it. When I took my Linguistics Survey course 2 years ago, I'm pretty sure Phonology was one of my worst areas. *sigh*

But things are not going as badly as I thought. I have more time now, especially since I'm not working at night, and I'm trying to make sure I have "sacred thesis time." It still scares me that if I want to be done by April, my thesis has to be ready in 1.5 months. *slow, deep breaths*

I will survive!

毎クラス学生たちに日本語の音楽を聞かせる。まあ、私は米倉千尋さんが好きだから、ほとんど米倉千尋さんの歌ばかりです！誰かがすすめがありますか。もちろん、きれいな音楽のほうがいいです。

まだまだ緊張してる！来週のクラスはただ復習だけど、再来週は...

まあ、頑張らないと、ネ！