INTRODUCTION

I have enjoyed Chinese 101 very much. This is the only class I 
actually looked forward to when I woke up in the morning. I was 
motivated to do the homework and to study. I put so much time and 
effort into the work and writing and I saw improvements quickly. 
Tseng laoshi is a great teacher. Everyday she drills us with the 
new vocabulary and we have weekly quizzes to make sure we got the 
stuff down. Also, because she had such high expectations for us, 
it keeps us in the right focus and with the mentality to never 
underestimate our capabilities. I still remember the first week of 
class when I thought we sounded really silly attempting to pronounce 
the four tones of pinyin, but now when I look back, it is not silly 
at all.

My Most Excellent Work

1.	Lesson 5- Visiting Friends
2.	Lesson 6- Making Appointments
3.	Lesson 7- Studying Chinese

It was quite difficult to pick out the best three works from my weekly 
dialogues and narratives. The beginning works were too simple, but as 
the year progressed the dialogues were better, with more vocabulary 
and grammar. My first one, Lesson 5, is a narrative, and I selected 
this one because it showed the usage of 'le' and because I was able to 
use old vocabulary with the new words. The second choice, Lesson 6, was 
selected because it not only incorporated the idea of how to communicate 
on the phone, but also because I used a lot of past vocabulary words. 
The third pick, Lesson7, was chosen because the dialogue was very relevant 
to class and to what some of my feelings about the class are. I felt in 
all three that my partner and I tried to use as much vocabulary and 
grammatical structures as we could to do well. Although sometimes our 
dialogues were a bit too long for memorization, I was satisfied when 
they were completed.

Self-Introduction:         Image File      NJ Star File     Audio File	
Visiting Friends:          Image file      NJ Star File     Audio File
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