{"id":854,"date":"2018-07-16T08:50:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T12:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/study-abroad-in-asia\/?p=854"},"modified":"2018-07-16T08:51:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T12:51:22","slug":"acc-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/study-abroad-in-asia\/summer-2018\/acc-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s hard to believe that midterms are next week\u2014it\u2019ll mark the halfway point! I think this week was unfortunately a little more discouraging than the last. I felt like my brain was having a tough time processing all the grammar and all that I\u2019ve learned. It became particularly frustrating when I would know what a teacher was asking, what vocab and grammar structure I should use, but just couldn\u2019t formulate it in a coherent sentence. I suppose that\u2019s just whats pushing me and forcing me to figure out a way to formulate something regardless. On the brighter side, I think I\u2019ve lost my sense of shame when it comes to speaking the language, which I\u2019m particularly proud of, because it doesn\u2019t mean that I think I\u2019m proficient enough in the language to speak to anyone, but instead just means I\u2019m more comfortable making mistakes and learning from them. For example, there\u2019s this coffee shop on campus that I go to quite regularly, and always order the same thing. At first I was super embarrassed to order, especially because I had to Pleco what certain characters were. But now, I kind of just got used to saying it and not feeling embarrassed if they correct me. If I\u2019m being honest with myself, I feel like I\u2019m not putting all of the effort I could be giving in, so my new goal for this week is to try shifting some study habits around, and better organizing my time instead of having rough ideas of how I\u2019ll spend my time.<\/p>\n

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Pic: Made dumplings with my Chinese host family!<\/p>\n

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