What I expect to learn from the podcast project:
-Learn how to communicate a lot of complex information in a concise and clear manner
- Learn how to work effectively in a group, keeping in constant communication but also dividing up tasks
- Learn to use resources other than our teacher to learn things like japanese vocabulary and kanji
- Improve conversational ability, namely speed and flow
- Improve writing skills by working on a script
- Learn to work within limited knowledge: being creative to convey meaning despite a limited vocabulary
- thinking in terms of japanese, not American, structures
What communication means to me:
Like everybody, I believe that communication is, at its most basic, the transfer of ideas and feelings. Although people most often associate communication with speech and words, I would argue that communication actually comes in many different forms. An extension of verbal communication, would be music, in which composers express their feelings through melody and sound. Alternatively, one can express their ideas, and thus communicate, visually, through a painting or picture. This is why I am so excited about the podcast project: by challenging us to create a video, we will be pushed to investigate both visual and verbal forms communication. I think that such an exploration is extremely worthwhile, since many would argue that being able to express ourselves in a variety of complex ways, or being able to harness advanced forms of communication, is what makes us human.
