The reason why I wanted to learn Chinese is because I want to learn my native language. When I first signed up for the class, I thought it was a lot of work and going to be hard. I even had second thoughts. But it wasn't that bad at all. I learned many things that I will use in the future, and Chinese is a very useful language. Professor Tseng has made it easy and fun for us to learn Chinese. Learning Chinese is hard work, but I think it is worth it. I am glad that I took this class and will continue taking higher levels of Chinese. I would recommend this class to everyone including non-native speakers.