{"id":193,"date":"2018-05-04T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2018-07-03T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T17:32:25","slug":"gradoville-wendi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/gradoville-wendi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gradoville, Wendi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"E-mail:\u00a0<\/b>wgradovi@nd.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

Language:<\/b>\u00a0Japanese<\/span><\/p>\n

Location of Study:\u00a0<\/b>Japanese<\/span><\/p>\n

Program of Study:<\/b>\u00a0Princeton in Ishikawa<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsors:\u00a0<\/b>Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, the College of Arts and Letters, the Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Blog URL:\u00a0http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/author\/wgradovi\/<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

A brief personal bio:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

My name is Wendi Gradoville, and I am currently a rising Junior at Notre Dame majoring in Economics and ACMS. I grew up in Beijing China, and my interests in Japanese began at a young age, when I took an interest in Japanese popular culture. Over time, this developed into a genuine curiosity in the Japanese language and culture. Coming to University, I was given my first chance to pursue Japanese in my academics. As of now, I have studied Japanese for one and a half academic years. My Japanese is far from fluent, but I am determined to improve through this fantastic study abroad experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why this summer language abroad opportunity is important to me:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I want to go a step further and take Japanese outside of the classroom and into the real world, where I can engage in Japanese culture and with Japanese people. I am excited to learn the cultural and language nuances that I cannot get in a classroom. As of now, I have strong intentions to pursue a career where I can use my Japanese. As an Economics and Applied Mathematics major, I intend to find a place in the financial services industry working as a financial analyst, where I can utilise the skills I\u2019ve acquired from my majors whilst having the opportunity to work abroad in Japan. My goal for the future is to have a lifestyle and a job that can allow me to stay in contact with Japan, and I believe that the SLA Grant can help me greatly in my first step by accelerating my learning of the language.<\/p>\n

What I hope to achieve as a result of this summer study abroad experience:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The PII program provides an intensive Japanese language course, so I will be mainly focusing on improving my speaking, reading and writing skills in Japanese, and becoming more fluent in the language. In addition, a native\u2019s language expression, style and pace of speech, and verbal intonation are aspects of the language that are hardest to learn in a classroom and most meaningfully learned through immersion, which is why the homestay opportunity at PII will be something that I will value greatly. I will take full advantage of this and engage in conversation with my host family and in the cultural activities that are offered. By the time I return, I wish to not only be more fluent in the language, but also more understanding of the Japanese culture and lifestyle.<\/p>\n

My specific learning goals for language and intercultural learning this summer:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

1. At the end of the summer, I will be able to communicate in Japanese with native speakers on topics such as Japanese literature, policy and ethics.<\/p>\n

2. At the end of the summer, I will be able to demonstrate significant tolerance for ambiguity and a willingness to take intercultural risks by engaging in cultural and linguistic interactions that are beyond my level of mastery and comfort zone.<\/p>\n

3. By the end of the summer, I will be able to read a Japanese light novel and understand it using the dictionary very minimally.<\/p>\n

4. At the end of the summer, I will be able to speak, read, write and listen at a level of proficiency equal to two semesters beyond my current Japanese coursework placement at Notre Dame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

E-mail:\u00a0wgradovi@nd.edu Language:\u00a0Japanese Location of Study:\u00a0Japanese Program of Study:\u00a0Princeton in Ishikawa Sponsors:\u00a0Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, the College of Arts and Letters, the Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures.   Blog URL:\u00a0http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/author\/wgradovi\/ A brief personal bio:\u00a0 My name is Wendi Gradoville, and I am currently a rising Junior at Notre Dame majoring … Continue reading Gradoville, Wendi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-193","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1976,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193\/revisions\/1976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}