Sorry, this title is just a teaser. I am happy about the Sox, and I like watching the games, but I have nothing to say about them that hasn't been said better a thousand other places.
I am doing well in Polish class - as measured by the grades I'm getting. But I fear I'm learning Polish as I learned Latin (about a thousand years ago) - I learn vocab and the rules to generate the patterns and then I can generate new patterns by writing on the pages of the quiz.
But when Polakiewicz talks, it's really hard for me to understand. And when he asks me a question, I am really hesitant about responding. I don't mumble - I wait until I can get it right, thinking ahead to all the permutations. (Same as my interactions with people in Paris last spring - I would have to have the sentence or question entirely formed in my head before I would begin to speak.)
So I'm disturbed that I am not really spending enough time with aural and oral components of the language. Although one thing that pleases me - it's starting to be so that if I see a Polish name or word (if it's not too complicated), I can immediately visualize/say how it sounds. That's a LOT different than 7 weeks ago, when I had to refer to my cheat sheet and sound out the sounds.
Posted by otto0114 at October 25, 2004 07:09 PM