Marie Bersamin


INTRODUCTION

This class has been one of the best classes I have taken at UVa. It is also 
probably my favorite class this semester. Even though there was so much work 
to do in this class, I am glad I learned an amount proportionate to my efforts. 
I cannot really say that for some other classes I have taken. I think that Tseng 
Laoshi is a great teacher. She is very organized and is very empathetic to her 
students’ needs. I also love the section I am in (section 2). I never laughed so 
much in a class and still learned. You guys are tai hao le! I am going to miss 
you guys next semester.

My Most Excellent Work

1.	Lesson 6- Making Appointments
2.	Lesson 5- Visiting Friends
3.	Lesson 2- Family

Although all of my passages were good, these three lessons stick out the most. I 
feel that Lesson 6 was the best in content. I made a few grammatical mistakes, 
but that was because we had not learned those structures yet. I tried to use as 
many words as I could possibly fit. I also tried to make my dialogues humorous 
and interesting. My partner, Rick, is great to work with. He did not care if he 
got joked on or made fun of in some way. We made the whole class laugh, even 
Tseng laoshi. Lesson 5 was our first narrative, and in my opinion, was harder 
to write. I was surprised that I only had one mistake and I was very proud. 
This narrative also made the class laugh, so I was happy with that. Lesson 2 
was probably the passage with the best grammar. Since it was only Lesson 2, we 
had not learned much, so it would be likely to make a lot of grammatical mistakes. 
To my surprise, the only mistake on my paper was the way I had written a character. 
Even though the content was not as good as the other two passages’, it was good 
at the time we learned it.

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