Project Proposal.

Here's the project proposal:

          20% Time Project Proposal

 

Name: Isaac Hemmes

Project Title: Learning Danish

Project Start Date: Nov. 7^th, 2014

Project Completion Date: May 15^th, 2015

Mentor’s Name: Dayna Browning, Stacia Hemmes

Brief Description: I’m going to be learning Danish and some basic Danish history/facts.

 

Overview of Project Proposal

 

1) Project Objective:

I think I will learn some Danish grammar and basic words, and along the way get some Danish history and trivia. Along the way I will quiz myself and check my progress. If I’m doing less then what I expect of myself, I will study at home. I don’t expect at all to be fluent by the 15^th of May, but I can hope to have an extremely simple Danish conversation.

 

2) Project Rationale:

I’m doing this project because I feel it is something I can enjoy, and something that is also important. My mom speaks fluent Danish, except for one word: Elbow. She doesn’t know how to say that in Danish. I’m not doing this just because my mom has lived in Denmark, either—I actually am a great part Danish.

 

3) Project Steps:

1. Learn.

2. Test.

3. Repeat.

 

4) Timeline of Activities:

 

November-December

Learn a few necessary words.

Example: excuse me, hungry, bathroom

 

January-April

Learn how to pronounce words and put them into a sentence correctly.

Example: Excuse me, I’m hungry. Where is the food?

 

May

Prepare to present results.

 

 

5) Available Human and Material Resources:

My mom.

Online classes.

Rosetta stone.

 

6) Possible Road Blocks:

I could become bored, unmotivated.

I might be unable to learn past a certain point.

 

7) Research Questions:

Who do I know that can speak Danish?

What are some good resources to learn Danish?

Will I ever go to Denmark?

How can I avoid going through all this haphazardly?

 

 Vi ses.

 

 

Day 3.

Day 3 now.
Well, not really. You know what I mean.

I've set the language from English --> Danish to Danish --> English.
Instead of seeing an English word and trying to think of the Danish word, I will not have a Danish word and try to find out what it means in English. I think this is the best way to go about doing it as I no longer have to cover the list of words to select up with my hand. On the downside, it's easy to predict what the English word is based on the word before it and the category.

I've told myself I would get Rosetta stone in here but I haven't done it yet. I promise you that by day four I'll have Danish Rosetta Stone in here (assuming I can find it at my house). For the time being, I use random websites that work okay. These websites though don't go much deeper than simple nouns and don't teach you how to put them in a sentence.

Vi ses.