INTRODUCTION

I have never been very good at languages. Somehow the language functions of my 
brain are not as well developed as other parts of my brain, even in English. 
I took four years of German in high school and never learned much. I took 
Chinese because I thought it would be fun. I did not expect to learn much.

When I actually got in Chinese class, I was amazed at the pace with which it 
moved. We learned a lot quickly. I was also surprised at how much Chinese I 
learned. I still have serious problems with pronunciation and grammar, but I 
have some good vocabulary down. I found that working with my native speaking 
friend helped a lot. Finding a native speaker to help them study is something I
 would recommend to everyone.

My Most Excellent Work

1.	Lesson 4- Hobbies
2.	Lesson 6- Making Appointments
3.	Lesson 7- Studying Chinese

I chose the Lesson 4 dialogue because I liked it a lot. It had correct grammar 
(always a challenge for me) and used the new vocabulary. I had originally planned 
to say that I played women’s soccer, but I chickened out at the last minute and 
changed it to just say soccer. The grammar about women’s soccer had many mistakes 
though, so I do not feel bad about chickening out. The Lesson 6 dialogue was the 
one I made the least mistakes on, so I had to include it for that reason alone. 
Our Lesson 7 dialogue I liked because I got to imitate Tseng laoshi and because we 
introduced something new into our dialogue: simulated vocabulary practice. We did 
not convey it as well as we might have, but everyone figured it out in the end. 

Self-Introduction:         Image File      NJ Star File     Audio File	
Hobbies:                   Image file      NJ Star File     Audio File
Making Appointments:       Image file      NJ Star File     Audio File
Studying Chinese:          Image file      NJ Star File     Audio File