Day 83

Friday April 11th,

After waking up at like 11:30 because I was kind of exhausted from the last night, I spent most the day doing Arabic and doing some chores around here. I finally finished Book one of Al-Kitaab. Technically we finished Book One at the end of last semester at Notre Dame but I never really learned the material. Now I have a much better grasp of the situation. I have noticed that my reading and writing have improved the most since I have been here, and my speaking and listening have gotten slightly better. Both of these are still quite difficult to me, and spontaneous talking is also tough. I think its because my pronunciation still isn't good. However, when I am given legitimate reading articles I am able to understand most of it. Book 2 has tons more vocabulary, which I like because I believe that vocabulary is the foundation of a language. It also feels good to just be out of that darn book one. After 41/2 semesters I am finally through with it. I will through with Book 2 by the end of the summer. I am very excited about this. Maybe I might even get into book 3. We shall see this summer.