Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Arabic exam

YIPPEE!  I successfully completed my Arabic proficiency exam this morning.  Well... I should hold off on the "successfully" part until it gets graded, but I feel quite good about it.  There was a 20-30 minute oral portion where I stumbled on a few words but at least I understand everything the professor was saying to me.  Then I had a written portion with some reading comprehension/answering questions, some grammar parts, vocabulary where they give me the word and I put it into sentences, and then 4 paragraphs about myself.  That was pretty easy - I am good at talking about myself.  


So now I am totally focused on the MA comp exams coming up in 3 weeks.  It feels good to have this hurdle over.  I even feel like I can speak some Arabic!!  Woohoo!!  In the meantime, Spring Break is next week and I am going to mom's house in Indio and then up to LA because Julie is having her baby on the 4th.  

4 comments:

Melissa said...

Reev, That is so great! I am way proud of you and quite impressed. The thought of learning another language seems like a close to impossible thing to do. Amazing! My hat goes off to you.

Organized Chaos said...

Congratulations. Sorry I am going to miss you. It would have been fun. Take good care of my husband.

Jess

Anonymous said...

Congratulations.-Em

Anonymous said...

Oh, I couldn't remember my password, so I thought I would try using this method to comment. It worked!! Sorry. I know I'm a dork. -Em