#fluency challenge

Here is a paragraph I wrote this back in early March as part of an assignment from my tutor! We went over it together, and the pink is all of the corrections.

ورزش ها در آمریکا خیلی مهم هستند. همه دبیرستان های آمریکایی برنامه ورزش بعد از مدرسه دارند که برای دانش آموزان رایگان است اما گران است برای دبیرستان گرونه. دبیرستان ها پول زیادی برای آن برنامه خرج می کنند. معمولا ، برای برنامه ورزش از برنامه های دیگه(مثل هنر و حتی برنامه های دانشگاهی) زیادتر خرج می کنند. بچه هایی که می توانند خیلی خوب ورزش کنند معمولا برای رفتن به دانشگاه پول میگیرند.

در فرانسه، ورزش مهم است ولی نه مثل در آمریکا . در فرانسه، مردم برای سلامتی و خوشحالی/سرگرمی ورزش می کنند. در آمریکا ورزش مثل دین است. در فرانسه، برنامه بعد از مدرسه وجود ندارد. اگر بخواهی ورزش کنی، باید به کلاس مستقل/جدا بروی. بستگی به چه ورزشی انتخاب کنی ولی می تواند گران باشه. مثل در آمریکا، می توانی هم برای ورزش کردن به باشگاه یا پارک بروی.

Lesson vocabulary

+Men's sport- (varzeshe mardooneh) ورزش مردونه +Women's sport- (varzeshe zanooneh) ورزش زنونه +Sports and health- (varzesh va salāmati) ورزش و سلامتی +Is exercise important for health?- (āyā varzesh barāye salāmati mohemeh?) آیا ورزش برای سلامتی مهمه؟ +How much do you exercise during the week? - (che ghadr dar tooleh hafteh varzesh mikoni?) چه قدر در طول هفته ورزش می کنی؟ +What sports are you interested in? - (be che varzesh hāyi alāghe dāri?) به چه ورزش هایی علاقه داری؟ +Types of sports- (eno? varzesh hā) انواع ورزش ها +Football- (footbāl) فوتبال +Basketball- (basketbāl) بسکتبال +Valleyball- (vālibāl) والیبال +Badminton- (badminton) بدمینتون +Tennis- (tenis) تنیس +Futsal- (footsāl) فوتسال +Play handball- (handbāl bāzi kardan) هندبال بازی کردن +To play chess- (shatranj bāzi kardan) شطرنج بازی کردن +To swim- (shenā kardan) شنا کردن +Horsebackriding- (asb savāri) اسب سواری +Bodybuilding- (badansāzi) بدنسازی +To do yoga- (yooga kardan) یوگا کردن +Bike riding- (docharkheh savāri) دوچرخه سواری +Weightlifting- (vazneh bardāri) وزنه برداری +Karate- (kārāteh) کاراته +I consider karate a violent sport- (man kārāte ro varzesh khashani mi doonam/mibinam) من کاراته رو ورزش خشنی میدونم \می بینم +Karate is full of power- (karate por az ghodrateh) کاراته پر از قدرته +The most popular sport- (mahboobtarin varzesh) محبوب ترین ورزش +Salon/rec hall/ court- (sālon) محبوب ترین ورزش

Listening

ManotoPlus: 50 mins. I felt a little frustrated because I feel like I'm plateauing in my ability to understand. Also I really wanted to know about their tips for sleeping better at night (and felt bad for the lady trying to do guided mediation with horrible feedback and a weird screechy alarm in the background). They showed a French car (Matra) that I've never heard about before. I'm not too sure the point they were making about it though. Something about a sale?

Reading

Advanced Farsi Reading: 15mins. About half a page (they are very small pages). I'm reading twice in a row because I have to do my assignment tomorrow and I will be writing for that.

Studying

Mango languages: 15 mins. Building on past lessons.

Listening

ManotoPlus: ~1.5 hrs. This week has been kind of a mess so I've been putting it on as background noise.

Session: 30mins. My tutor speaks almost exclusively in Persian. She speaks relatively slowly. We also are always talking about the subject that she is present which cues me and lets me fill in the gaps if I need to. I find myself not translating in my head as much before reacting or responding.

Speaking

Assignment: 2mins. I answered a question: who is someone in your life that you know that doesn't hide their emotions?

Session: ~5mins. I know I say this every time but I really do speak a little bit more each time. I had a bit harder time being accurate but I definitely was speaking more and using some compound sentences. My tutor asked if I think in English or Persian before speaking. I realize the truth is I don't think lmao I don't have any thoughts whatsoever. My mind is blank with panic. But, in session I told her that for routine phrases, it's typically in Persian. However, for more complex phrases, I springboard from English but know I have to also adapt my thinking into Persian. I think way more in Persian when I write than when I speak.

Reading

MMPS: 10mins. Read a paragraph. I really enjoy reading; I do have to stop often to translate but I'm much less intimidated by it.

Studying

Listening

Session: 30mins. I didn't really realize it during session, but my tutor was speaking almost exclusively in Farsi unless she was explaining a concept or translating some vocabulary. Youtube: Day 52 , 53, 54. ~1.5hrs. The longer episodes, I watched mainly as background noise whereas the shorter episodes I can listen more intently. For a long time, I've been wondering how to say "I feel..." and there's a skit in the video on day 54 with a therapist and she corrects the client and says "no no, we say 'I feel'" . However, I still feel like overall I can't really understand more than 10% of a video (with visuals and topic known).

Speaking

Session: 5-10mins. Expanded on a few of my thoughts and answered my tutor as much as I could in Persian.

Writing

Journal: 30mins. Wrote two entries in response to the prompts from my DayOne journal app.

Studying

Mango: 60mins. Did a lesson every single day. Weekly review: 30mins. Re-organized my notes from the session.

02-01-2021 // 02-07-2021 Listening

French: 4+ hours. Listened to my parents and the news they consume. Also watched a few YouTube videos from Dairing Tia, Stelle, and Liv. Spanish: 1hr10mins. So I found Jose M. and Valentrina who discuss pop culture and make social commentary. Valentrina sounds like she has an Argentine accent but I am not 100% sure and I haven't really done any digging on her background. Korean: 1hr12mins. Extracurricular is starting to get interesting. I'm on episode 7. Portuguese: 50mins. I'm still watching The Girls of Ipanema and it's getting intense.  Had to cut a bit of my watching/listening time because I got busy during a few of the days I've allocated to Portuguese. Persian: 4-5 hours.

Studying