INTRODUCTION

Chinese 101 is the greatest language course I have ever taken! In three 
months I went from not knowing a single word in Chinese- not even ‘hello’ 
or ‘goodbye’- to feeling like I can carry on a conversation, write, read 
and to some degree, listen and understand. The course has required a lot 
of time and effort, but I feel that it was worth it in the end. The 
hardest thing about the class, apart from the time it takes to do all 
the work and study for the quizzes, is the memorization. At first, I found 
it difficult to memorize the meanings and pronunciations of all of the 
characters. I tried flash cards, I tried copying out all the characters 
over and over again, and it eventually became less difficult for me. I will 
never forget the people that were in Chinese 101 with me this fall and all 
the laughs we had together. 

My Most Excellent Work

1.	Lesson 2- Family
2.	Lesson 4- Hobbies
3.	Lesson 8- School Life

These are the three written works I feel best represent my progress this 
semester. The first dialogue contains very little vocabulary but is well 
written and a little creative. It is my most excellent work because it 
reflects the tremendous progress I made in the first three weeks of class. 
The second dialogue contains more vocabulary words and is more creative. 
The last one reflects how much my vocabulary and grammar improved over the 
semester, though it is perhaps not as creative and fun. The topics of the 
three works follow the topics of the lessons they were written for: Family, 
Hobbies, and School Life, respectively.

Self-Introduction:         Image File      NJ Star File     Audio File	
Family:                    Image file      NJ Star File     Audio File
Hobbies:                   Image file      NJ Star File     Audio File
School Life:               Image file      NJ Star File     Audio File