Session Activity- Write words digitally
Item Produced- Digital spreadsheet of all words, pronunciation, and gloss from the last 13 days.
Summary- I took each day and made it a sheet in an excel workbook. I then typed five columns (Day, date, word as it was in transcribed, orthographic transcription, and the descriptive meaning of the word or phrase as transcribed). I then took all of these individual day sheets and copied their info into an inclusive list of all days. This list was sorted alphabetically by the orthographic column to make a rudimentary dictionary. If I want to look for a word and only have the English, I can re-sort by the meaning (gloss) Column to get this information.
Linguistic Effective- re-reading and typing the words in a few sittings was a chance to review the words and make connections I never saw before. This review produced a list of words I had not yet asked
Linguistic Ineffective- Penmanship, pronunciation changes, and incomplete inquisition all contributed to the large patches in the vocabulary list.
Linguistic Provisional Improvements- Penmanship
Cultural Effective- None of great impact
Cultural Ineffective- Not a cultural experience
Cultural Provisional Improvements- None
Tomorrow- I should write the list of the words I want to ask and bring them back up with the speaker
Further Comments- I had procrastinated this for a while, but now that it is done, I feel much better and more prepared. I am eager to see my speaker's reaction when I present him with this list. I also and eager to get on with my next homework assignment of transcribing the story.
