Pond Kittiswan


INTRODUCTION

From not being able to understand anything in Chinese at all, I am amazed at 
how much Chinese 101 has taught me within three months. Although learning 
Chinese requires a lot of time and effort, Tseng laoshi makes what is 
difficult become easy and what it frustrating become fun for all her students. 
Knowing that I can learn a new language in a short period of time is such a 
rewarding feeling and that makes all the hard work I have put in to this class 
very worth doing. By far, Chinese 101 has been one of my favorite classes I 
have taken at the University and I highly encourage you all to join this 
wonderful learning experience.

My Most Excellent Work

1.	Lesson 8- School Life
2.	Lesson 6- Making Appointments
3.	Lesson 3- Dates and Time

Spending many late nights writing Chinese characters and practicing how to 
pronounce pinyin correctly makes all eight passages I wrote for this class 
have special meanings to me. Here, I have chosen three of the passages that 
tell the most about me and also show some of the important grammar structures 
we have learned. The passage from Lesson 8 is my first diary written in Chinese. 
It captures what my daily routines are usually like at UVa. and how busy college 
life can get. This diary gives me good motivations to continue studying Chinese 
so that in the future I can really start writing a diary in Chinese on a regular 
basis. Since currently the use of a phone call to make and appointment is 
essential, I find the passage from Lesson 6 to be very useful. It also provides 
a guideline of how we can ask people for a favor in a polite way. I think the 
passage from Lesson 3 is also very useful because it shows a way to find out 
when your friend’s birthday is and how to invite friends to celebrate their 
special days. I hope you will find these passages interesting and will enjoy them!

Self-Introduction:         Image File      NJ Star File     Audio File	
School Life:               Image file      NJ Star File     Audio File
Making Appointments:       Image file      NJ Star File     Audio File
Dates and Time:            Image file      NJ Star File     Audio File
  

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