Jikoshoukai Video

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     When recording my jikoshoukai video I'll be honest and say that I was very nervous to record myself. I don't like being on camera for photos, let alone videos recording myself. A bit self-conscious I would say, but I also don't like the sound of my voice and thus tend to avoid it when I can. However, I did record myself a few times just to try and get the hang of speaking in front of the camera without stuttering and pausing too much, which is why my final video sounds a bit better. No one is going to see my past takes anyway haha.
    Speaking in Japanese is very different than how I would do it in English or even Spanish. The sentence structure feels incomplete like it's a few words short of making it sound whole. I think Sensei mentioned it was supposed to sound like Yoda talking mixed with caveman talk and I definitely noticed that when speaking. It felt almost uncomfortable to just read the sentences, like my brain was screaming at me to finish the sentence based on what I had already known for years. However, I pushed through that feeling and recorded my introduction video as best as I could.
    I think some of my Spanish accents tried to shine through as well, which it does for most foreign words I noticed. I couldn't explain to you why, but it made me realize just how many languages I know. Thre languages, I feel proud of myself that I can say I know that many. Well, my Japanese needs a lot of work obviously but it's still amazing just how much I've accomplished. I hope that the more I speak Japanese, the more confident I'll become with my pronunciation and maybe I'll be able to speak it faster.
    
Here is the link to my introduction jikoshoukai video ^^

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