This is the first of several installments of an autoethnography about my experiences as a selfdirected learner studying French over a six-week period. My studies paralleled work that students were completing in an English language course at a Japanese university and occurred simultaneously with theirs. I set a learning goal and focused on vocabulary and listening skills in order to better understand French language songs. In doing so, I not only revisited past knowledge of French, but also examined my learning techniques and developed strategies as I made weekly study plans. In this installment, I will give an overview of the project, and tell how I arrived at it and why I chose to study French. I will also describe my language learning history, especially with regard to French and Japanese. Data consisted of observation notes, weekly reflections, song lyrics with my vocabulary translations, and a log of days/time spent studying. This installment goes through the first week of the project, when I chose a song to study, a strategy to try, resources to use, and then did those things. At the onset, I doubted whether I could be successful, but was also excited and motivated to begin a new endeavor.

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“一个需要拼凑的谜题”：我通过音乐学习法语的民族志学旅程的开始

这是自传民族志的几部分中的第一篇，这是关于我作为一个自主学习者在六个星期内学习法语的经历的第一部分。我的学习与学生在日本大学的英语课程中完成的工作同时发生，并且与他们的工作同时进行。我设定了学习目标，并专注于词汇和听力技能，以便更好地理解法语歌曲。这样，我不仅回顾了过去的法语知识，而且在制定每周学习计划时检查了我的学习技巧并制定了策略。在本期中，我将对该项目进行概述，并告诉我如何到达该项目以及为什么选择学习法语。我还将描述我的语言学习历史，尤其是关于法语和日语的学习历史。数据包括观察记录，每周反思，歌词和我的词汇翻译，以及学习的天数/时间记录。这一部分贯穿于项目的第一周，当时我选择了要研究的歌曲，尝试的策略，要使用的资源，然后才开始做这些事情。起初，我怀疑自己是否可以成功，但也为开始新的尝试感到兴奋和动力。