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This was a fun video to record and getting an opportunity to have my family in it made it special. I was kind of nervous cause it’s my first time making a project like this and having to show my face was kinda scary but it definitely helped me be a bit more confident about myself. As for my chinese I think it has improved a lot than in the beginning of the semester and I have seen a progress in my pronunciation. I think I still need to work on getting my tones right and my grammar skills.

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I really enjoyed doing this assignment as I was able to see the progress that I have made with my learning in a creative way. This project meant a lot to me and my family as they are really happy for me to learn a new language as it is not something that I have done before. My family really enjoyed seeing what I have learnt in this course and they appreciated the inclusion of the aspects of family in the video, with it also being nice to look over old photos. I think that there are many similarities between Chinese and Singaporean culture, with both of these having a heavy importance on family and care for your loved ones.

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大家好！I really came to appreciate the value of Chinese culture after having to do a particular video production for this course. This required me to briefly describe my history and family, which I truly loved doing. Since I'm a media student who is really interested in the craft of digital communication, this project provided a fantastic chance for me to practise my recording and editing abilities. My family was quite pleased with my finished product and appreciated the images I chose to include. Overall, I had a lot of fun with this experience and am thankful I had the chance to improve my Chinese language and writing abilities. I really liked every aspect of the assignment.  I'll definitely keep learning more about every element of the Chinese language. 谢谢大家！

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I really enjoyed doing this assignment which was really surprising because I usually hate doing speeches, especially in a language I am not fluent in. This was my first time creating a presentation that required editing and it was very challenging to learn but I felt like I managed! This video project means a lot to me because family if a very important aspect of my life, spending time with my parents creating the script meant I was able to enjoy this assignment with my family. This type of video project is much better than a test or a writing exam because it makes learning Chinese a lot more relevant to my life, and learning something while enjoying it makes it a lot more effective. I think that while Chinese and Maori culture is apparent, I think where we find similarities is in our cultures is the values we hold with family. Family just like in China, is a huge aspect of Maori culture, and things such as respect, loyalty and supportiveness are key aspects of Maori and Chinese culture

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this project was great fun, i was pleasantly surprised that i could incorporate my culture into a Chinese assignment. i thought that the assignment pushed my current knowledge the language, this came from the fact that I had to push myself to find out how to communicate my mihi. it is not often that I get to share this part of myself and my family. this assignment was difficult for me at times as I had sustained a somewhat serious injury only days before the assignment was due, although I needed a little extra time due to a concussion that I had sustained I was able to rely on zhaolaoshi who made sure that I wasn't rushing my project and was immensely supportive, to that I am very thankful. the similarities to my Samoan culture and Chinese were at first difficult to identify. However, I delved deeper into the Chinese language and found that a lot of the same values and principles of the culture are much more similar than I had first anticipated. all in all this assignment made me realise that our cultures are not so different in a way and I thoroughly enjoyed working on it.

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This assignment really helped me to further enhance my understanding and knowledge of the Chinese language. I enjoyed working on this video as it helped me gain some skills in editing which i will be able to use in the future. It was nice to be able produce something that i can share with my family and with my Chinese friends. i will cherish this forever.

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I found this assignment to be enjoyable and effective to improve my Chinese speaking skill. I enjoyed introducing my family members, but explaining their job was pretty hard for me. I found the tones and pronunciations really difficult for me even though I speak other Asian languages. But I still found that Chinese words are quite similar to Korean/Japanese. Through this assignment, I gained more knowledge of making videos and editing skills as well as typing Chinese characters. This assignment made me more interested in learning Chinese!

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This assignment forced me to be creative and was a lot of fun getting the family involved too. My family also loves the fact that I'm learning more languages. Through learning Mandarin I can tell that cultures although very unique, still tend to have some similarities to a lot of other cultures around the world such as strong values surrounding family. The editing software was fun to work with and this project overall was just a lot of fun.

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Personally, I have never done a project that requires a filmed video, so it was a cool new experience for me. my other classes basically only have written work, so this was a fun change.

My family are the most important people to me in my life, and it was nice to be able to share. Originally, I was to include my family in real life in the video, however I wasn't able to this time. I used a family photo at my brother's '100 Day Celebration' or '돌잔치' in Korean. It is a Korean tradition to celebrate the 100th day after a baby is born.

I think there are many similarities between Chinese, Korean, and Maori culture, especially the importance and meaning of family in each culture. Also, there are many similarities in the Korean and Chinese languages, which made script writing a little bit more easier.

There were some phrases that I didn't know, which I had to research and study. So there aren't any misunderstandings, I added subtitles, pinyin, and Hanzi to convey the proper meaning.

Overall, this project was very fun to make, even though I couldn't include my real family. It was a nice change of pace from normal university work and I enjoyed filming and editing it.

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This assignment challenged me to use Chinese in a way I hadn’t before. As someone who grew up only speaking a little Chinese in my household, I never had to utilise the language to introduce myself. Creating a monologue and introducing family members was a new experience for me and allowed me to think about how best to represent them. My mum helped me with writing the script, as a fluent Chinese speaker. It was interesting getting her input on pronunciations and having her provide information on Chinese characters and translations. Overall, even though I could not show my family in person in my introduction, I think I provided a nice, brief glimpse into myself and my family. 谢谢。

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Personally i enjoyed creating this video as it has been something i've never done before. I am not someone who is very close to my family, I never really have been family orientated but i still love them a lot. Telling them that I was making this video did not muster up too much of a reaction from my parents, however after completing and showing them the video they were happy and thought that it was cute.

I think similarities between Maori and Chinese culture are important, as these similarities focus on love for family and connections between one another, i believe this is something that is important as being connected with others is the human experience.

I struggled with pronouncing a lot of words, however i think having captions will help to understand with what I am saying. overall this video project was enjoyable and helped me to practice my chinese and learn more words and characters that have not been taught in class.

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Filming myself speaking Chinese was a great way to practice my language skills and gain confidence in using the language. Yet as a beginner, I have some difficulty with pronunciation, grammar etc. Especially saying the "r"related sounds as I cannot pronounce "r" in English as well. I will make sure to work on it more so I can improve. A great thank you to all the laoshi's and pengyou's for helping me.

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i really enjoyed this assignment. This assignment allows me to use the knowledge i have learned in class, which is great help to my knowledge of spoken Mandarin and i can introduce myself and my family members in Mandarin. Thanks:)

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I really enjoyed this assignment but was also nervous because speaking a language that I am not fluent or know much of is quite hard especially a language like mandarin, but I am always up for a challenge and know that if I keep practising that my pronounciation will get better and I will be less embarassed to speak and do video projects like this speaking in Chinese. I like how this assignment really helps improve pronounciation and practise the grammar.

It is also really helpful to me that my mum can speak fluent mandarin because she is chinese so I have someone to help me practise speaking with, I also have chinese friends that speak mandarin so it is fun for me to practise speaking with them and asking them to teach me new words.

Maori and Chinese cultures are very different and uniquely distinct, however I believe they share common values like family and good character.

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I enjoyed making the video. My family wasn't able to participate due to everyone's busy schedules so I had to make do with photos but that was pretty nice too, since my family is so big I don't think it would've fit in the video anyways. I'm very self conscious about my pronunciation since I find the tonal changes in Mandarin the hardest. Listening back through my video I can see where I lack when I speak and is something that I will need to work on to be better. Overall though I had fun!

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This assignment was really engaging, and despite the imbalance between my hopes for the video and my actual technical skills, I had a lot of fun playing around with the video aspect. I also enjoyed the opportunity to talk to my family about their history, and my sister about her aspirations.
Given I moved to New Zealand fairly late in life, it was very interesting to learn about Māori values regarding whānau, manaakitanga, and respect for elders. Coming from South Africa, where the culture developed in close-knit communities much like it has in Aotearoa, many of these values are the same, especially around family life.
I'm definitely looking forward to our second video project too!

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Hi Team,

Firstly I'd like to thank everyone for their patience in viewing this... This video creating experience has taught me.. a fundamental lesson in time management and that I have a scary case of ZERO video creation/editing skills which is in my opinion a fantastic fact to know and realise about myself before uploading videos to the internet. Needless to say this was one of many attempts and probably the most.. tolerable to view. I've learned that I have an honest small fear with speaking and verbally expressing myself in mandarin. I really quite enjoy it so I hope I can keep practicing as to strengthen my verbal communication alongside my written communications such as typing or calligraphy.
I often find myself gravitating to written forms of communication, as such it will be good to further explore the methodology and application of the mandarin language in its spoken form. I have been having such an excellent time learning. I wish my verbal comprehension better matched my written but that's an exciting work in progress!
Thank you again for watching my video :') I hope it gave everyone a good laugh :) sorry I lacked awesome props, can't wait to keep learning! Cheers!

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I first dreaded of the thought of the fact of doing this assignment. However during the process of completing this I thoroughly enjoyed it. I've never ever had any experience editing videos and although it took me a lot of time to figure out how to do it, I got there at the end. It was a very fun opportunity to play around with video editing. It also was an opportunity to practice speaking Chinese and learn how to say new things in Chinese too. My parents and my siblings enjoyed the process of making this video as they have helped me to put it together. I'm looking forward to the upcoming Chinese projects that I will be having to complete too :)

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This project ended up being a little more challenging than I expected as I had to restart the recording multiple times due to background noise and also because I was making mistakes with my pronunciation, looking at the camera was also an issue as I was not used to recording myself. Luckily editing could fix the noise issue though. I also found it a little difficult to find things to talk about in terms of my family but overall I was satisfied with my final outcome. And it made me more familiar with the similarities between Chinese/Māori concepts.

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This assignment was a fun experience as I learnt more about my family history and look back at old memories.

SInce I don’t have the largest immediate family, I wanted to give more of a history of my entire family coming to New Zealand and my late grandparents who mean a lot to me. I had a bit of trouble trying to explain these due to my limited vocabulary, but with the help of some native speakers I was able to understand and learn more Chinese in the process. I think exploring Chinese outside of my skill level gave me trouble with pronunciation as it made it more difficult, but I think it was worth it as I could express the importance of my family more. There were also some difficulties with figuring out Cantonese pronunciations and deciding whether to use them. My family was helpful in telling me a little bit more about the roots of of our family which ended up being a very meaningful project. What I have noticed over the course of this project is the importance of respect and family between both Maori and Chinese cultures.

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This video assignment was a very hard task as I know nothing about editing videos and am very camera shy. It was hard to film a good take of my speech where I didn't stumble over my words or say the wrong thing completely. My family was excited that I was doing this assignment as they heard me practicing Chinese and really enjoyed listening. My grandparents are proud of me for trying to learn Chinese as they have always wanted me to learn it. Learning Chinese will be very helpful for me for the times I travel back to Malaysia to see my family as there are a lot of Mandarin speakers there now and I have forgotten most of my Malay. This will help communicating with people there a bit easier.

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I really enjoyed doing this project as it was my first time recording myself and editing a video. Although it was difficult for me to pronounce correctly and speak Chinese, I think it was a good opportunity for me to practise my Chinese in proper sentences. This project helped me to learn the basic Chinese sentences I could use in the future when I have a chance to introduce myself to others. Doing this project, it let me link the culture between Maori and Chinese that both cultures have a big importance of families. It was fun to introduce my big family through an edited video.

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The video project on my family was an interesting experience. Searching for pictures recalled all the great memories I made with my family and was very heartwarming. I was also very excited to edit a video for the first time! However, I am not very used to recording myself so the eye contact with the camera was a little awkward.

Growing up learning Korean, I was never distant from the Chinese characters. I believe doing a video project for Chinese depth my knowledge of assembling all the little pieces I learned each week in class. Forming a full story/paragraph was a great opportunity to improve my Chinese language skills.

I believe Maori, Chinese and Korean cultures are all quite similar in terms of closeness between extended families. I am also very close with my families so doing this project made me feel respectful and thankful for all cultures having strong bonds between family members.

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This assignment was surprisingly really fun to complete. It was my first time editing a video in a long time and I honestly really loved making subtitles for it. This made learning so engaging and admittedly a lot more fun than being forced to write several mandarin characters as a kid. Its been really interesting to draw parallels between a pepeha and the Chinese language since I've never considered it in this light before. It definitely makes me feel like cultures across the world have a lot more in common than what most people see on the surface, including values and solidarity within family. This absolutely highlighted the taonga and whanaungatanga shared by both Maori and Chinese alike. I am looking forward to the next video task (and to also improve my editing skills!). 谢谢大家！谢谢老师！

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This project made me improve my Chinese speaking as well as my video editing skills a lot. It was really fun working on the assignment as I found many old pictures of me and my family. My family was also surprised when I showed them those pictures as it really brought back a lot of memories and nostalgia. I also found out that my Indonesian culture is influenced a lot by Chinese culture, especially in terms of traditional food such as the one shown in the video.

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It was such a great opportunity to develop my speaking and writing skills, as well as my editing skills. Being half Japanese and half Korean, I was briefly aware that these two languages were similar from Chinese in many ways, such as origin of vocabularies and writing systems. However, I managed to figure out some of the differences from taking this course, which I never really paid attention to.

I live apart from my parents in NZ since intermediate year 8, mainly because of their visa issues, but also because they already had a stable job in Japan. There were moments where I wished I lived with them for longer in Japan, but at the same time I can't thank them enough for sending me here to study. This project made me reconsider the value of my family.

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This was a really interesting assignment for me, as I am not great with video editing. It helped me to improve my skills in that area a little. It was also really nice to see my family again on video, as I haven't seen them in a while. I feel like a big similarity between Chinese and Maori cultures would be respect for elders and commitment to the family structure. However, there are some differences, such as the specific cultural traditions and myths which vary between cultures.

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This assignment was very different to the normal assignment that I'm used to. However, I really enjoyed the learning process that took place to be able to do this video project. It was really fun, although challenging to get down all the pronunciations. Nonetheless, I welcome this experience that will forever be a fond memory of me trying to speak Chinese. I was really proud of myself for giving it a go, even though I know it was not the best, I have learnt many things regarding how to introduce myself, my family, and even my pets which is so cool. Thus, I feel that this is a great stepping stone towards my journey in learning Chinese in the future to come.

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Doing this project seemed to take some time doing but eventually while working on it you start to understand more about Chinese. Although my video wasn't the best of standards, this will eventually help me see and improve my Chinese moving forward.

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I really enjoyed doing this assignment, to me it was a lot of fun learning Chinese and actually applying it to this video. I spent a lot of time trying to perfect my script and pronunciation and am quite pleased with my final result. Making the video was also fun, I spent a lot of time on YouTube studio inserting subtitles for every single sentence. My family and I are very proud of me for partaking in this project as I often sent them updates about how much I've achieved.

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I really enjoyed this project because it really encouraged me to internalize all the material I've learned so far and put it into a single project. Although I still have a lot to learn, this was a fun project nonetheless. Editing it however was a bit of a nightmare, however I got it done in the end.

I will do my best in the future to continue learning mandarin so hopefully some day I will be able to speak it with some level of fluency.

Edit: If there are issues with the video follow this link to view on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2smIB4L1jd8

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Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10JjIPhrT0NHDS9UjNLVbxxl0k1zJUesrHRfBQk-YQ0A/edit

This project proved to be quite a fun one and it really showed me that video editing is definitely a skill I need to work on. I enjoyed writing the script as I learnt new grammar terms beyond what we have learnt and I have had an increase in interest in learning Mandarin.  Through this video project, I have got to understand the difference Chinese grammar points and intonation, which helped me to pronounce words and hanzi better. Things I think I did well: 1) I think I had a well written script 2) I think I did a decent job of intonation and pronunciation (definitely can be improved) 3)  I enjoyed making it, although struggled through editing. Things I need to improve on: 1) I should have put subtitles 2) Video editing 3) More family involvement
This has been a great learning experience, and has really forced me to practice speaking. Often I found I would practice reading hanzi by reading them "aloud" in my head, without actually saying it out loud. However this has really forced me to get a more natural rhythm in my speech.

To encapsulate, overall i had a lot of fun making this video! I made quite a few mistakes which I hope to improve on the next video project! I have gained a better appreciation for the language and a huge part is because it became revealed to me that learning a language can also be really fun.

Rei Fung

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I thoroughly enjoyed creating the presentation. It was a fun way to practice my Chinese in a practical setting. The video project was beneficial as it allowed me to reflect on the spoken language and what I should work on. When I was younger my mum tried to enrol me into Chinese lessons which I protested against. Eventually my mum gave up and let me quit. I regret not being able to understand the language and its benefits. So when I told my mum I was taking this course she was stoked. She was proud that I wanted to embrace my Asian heritage. I want become fluent one day so I can communicate with my mothers side of the family as they are very important to me. My family is away and was unable to be apart of the video. They are impressed with what I have learnt so far. I look forward for what is next.

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I enjoy this assignment because when I compare my speech with Māori mihi, I found many similarities in how we introduce ourself, for example our origins and Whānau. It makes me appreciate the my own identity and I can express them in a way that is comparable and common with Māori and English culture and introduction. I’m able to apply what I’ve learnt in this course in a practical speech. I am really happy to be able to make a video about my family because they are very important to me. I learnt a lot from this project.

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Absolutely loved making this fun Chinese version of a pepeha. I am part Māori so really enjoyed seeing this being incorporated into the course and enjoyed being able to put my new learned knowledge of Chinese to good use.
I personally believe that learning about other cultures is a very important part of our lives and that we should always take up the opportunity to do so. So this course has been a very eye opening and enjoyable time thus far as I enjoy learning the language and making friends in the class along the way. I hope to continue to improve on my Chinese skills as I can tell that I still need a lot of self improvement, but was great full to be able to put to use my current skills in this pepeha.
Big thank you to 老师 for always being so helpful and supportive and making the class a great learning environment.

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As someone who not long ago has entered their early 20s or "adulthood" and has slowly become quite distant with their nuclear family as I faced a variety of personal challenges, this video project assignment helped me reconnect with them in a way that was enjoyable and enlightening.

Being born and raised in the Philippines before immigrating to New Zealand at the tumultuous age of 15, language has always been a primary aspect and tool of this specific process which enabled me to explore and adjust to newer surroundings. This video project allowed me to revisit that phase of my life while providing me with a fresher perspective of how equally important my family was throughout that particular journey. I was able to rediscover the little things I admired about my own Filipino culture while being introduced to the different Chinese beliefs and principles surrounding family such as harmony and respect for seniority. Two values that are also highly significant in Filipino and even Maori cultures. It was even more heartwarming, reconnecting with my family through having discussions about the similarities and welcomed differences between these aforementioned cultures.

To my family particularly my parents, traveling across New Zealand was their own way of allowing us to acclimate to our new life in a different country entirely diverse to our homeland. A simple act yet through further inspection, honoured the values of harmony and generosity. This video project was a highly creative and imaginative way of unearthing a deeper inspiration and gratitude for these efforts my parents have made.

The editing process, though tedious, was quite enjoyable. Brainstorming for a precise yet aesthetically pleasing way of expressing myself was a memorable experience. I found it quite awkward to personally speak virtually and decided to do voice recordings instead, in spite of that I'm acutely aware of my struggles with pronunciation, I hope that overtime and with consistent practice I eventually improve.

Overall, I'm glad to have done this assignment and to conclude with a better understanding and more respect for the significance of family across different cultures.

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I have a hard time with pronunciation and memorization, so I felt pretty intimidated by this project. But in the end I had fun writing my script, drawing some little sketches for my video and doing lots of recordings trying to speak correctly. I don't live with my family, so I didn't really discuss this project with them. I don't think I really grew up amongst people who are very family-focused, so it was a nice change to do something that centered around them so heavily.

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The first thing I want to comment on is that it was enjoyable as I can design my work with my own design and description. It was also interesting that I could introduce my family to others and get to know them more deeply about my family. This project was so helpful in understanding Chinese, the character, and especially pronunciation. Although editing the video was quite challenging, it was still a great experience to learn how to edit video, which I cannot easily experience during my normal life.  I was satisfied with my final work. Thank you, and hope others enjoy my video :) 谢谢 !!

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This video was super fun to make because I really enjoy editing. I can finally use my video editing skills to generate a video talking about me and my family. It made me reconnect with the culture and the language because I generally don't get to speak Chinese that often. I was able to find some pictures that I hadn't seen in a while and they reminded me of many memories. I can't read or write Chinese so this part was really difficult for me to grasp. After some time and learning, I was able to write and read the subtitles better. This made me challenge myself and expand my knowledge of this language. Even though I'm Chinese, I can say that I have little understanding of this culture, but it's getting there. Overall, this assignment was really fun but it enabled me to challenge myself and speak my native language again.

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Although I am immersed in Chinese speaking environment in my everyday life (when at home), putting together this video project allowed to engage and formally put into practise my sentence structures and appropriate use of language/vocabulary.

Being to rewatch the video of myself also provided as a form of self reflection wherein I was able to pick up on any mistakes (e.g grammar, sentence structure, use of language, pronunciation etc) and improve from there on.

After completing this project I feel more confident in understanding where to work on and how to better improve my Chinese language skills for the future :).

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I really enjoyed this assignment as I could apply the Chinese skills and expressions I learned this semester. Until I took this course (Chinese100G), I couldn't speak a sentence properly in Chinese. However, I was very proud and glad after watching the video I made as I could now do a mihi/ pepeha about myself and my whānau or family.

Our family have been quite busy these days, so we didn't have much time to talk with each other, but through this video project, we became closer by choosing pictures to put in the video and watching the video I made. This made me realise how much my family means to me and how precious they are. Also, my parents said that this video would be a good memory. :))

While doing this video project, I thought that Chinese, Māori, and Korean (my home country) cultures really focus on the concept of whanaungatanga and whānau, and these mean a lot to them.

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I really enjoy doing this assignment. I had some difficulty trying to pronounce some of the words and editing the video but overall it was a good experience for me. This project allows me to introduce my family to you guys. When I show this video to my family, they was happy and was very supportive for me to learn different language.
I find Chinese language quite challenging but because I have lots of Chinese friends, I think taking Chinese course is pretty handy.
I think Chinese and my home language (Thai) is different in many ways like culture and pronunciation etc. However, even though we speak different we are still related because we share same sets of ancestors.

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This project most definitely touched my heart as I scrolled through my family photos as we lived in the same city under the same roof. I believe that the affection for our family does not differ between ethnicities and cultures; that just shows how important our family is. Furthermore, I gained much more knowledge on how to type Chinese pinyin for my script, find new words to fill out my sentences and practice reading Chinese. I learned a lot of techniques in video editing skills as well as using a DIY blue screen from a gift wrap. I really enjoyed bringing this project together and hope you enjoyed watching it.
Thank you :)

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I enjoyed doing this assignment. It allowed me to practice my tones and speaking.
My parents were happy to that I was learning mandarin as I did not have the opportunity to learn the language at a younger age.
Unfortunately my family did not want to be a part of the video as they were too shy hahaha

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I found this assignment very interesting and fun. I enjoyed the entire process of this assignment, from planning to recording and editing the video. I was able to practice speaking Chinese, and my parents were very proud of me for trying to learn more about Chinese culture.

Chinese and Maori languages have similar sentence structures when it comes to self-introductions, and I believe there will be more similarities once we learn more. Interestingly, after some research, I found out the descendants of Maori are Polynesian ancestors who used to live in the Taiwan region, hence this could be a reason why there are similarities between the two cultures - it would be very interesting to do more research about this in the future!

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I found this assessment to be both enjoyable and beneficial for my learning in this class. The process of creating a video script allowed me to review the topics we had covered in the first 5-6 weeks of the course. Writing out the script not only helped me to remember what I had learned but also allowed me to practice typing Chinese characters on my device. Speaking the script out loud was a challenge for me as I get scared I will embarrass myself, but was definitely very helpful in building my confidence in reading and speaking Chinese. This also allowed me to work on my pronunciation and tone usage. Furthermore, the assessment encouraged me to reflect on the cultural values of both Maori and Chinese cultures, specifically the importance of family and elders. Overall, this assessment provided a fun and enjoyable way for me to review my learning and apply it in a practical setting. Thank you!

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A fun and amazing task that provided a lot of insight to what basic communication is like within a Chinese environment. It is also great to be exploring in a field that I am not particularly comfortable in - challenging myself and expanding my knowledge with this language.

Very similar to the Maori beliefs, Chinese also value family above all else and through this assignment it has made me realise even more the significance of it. Apart from family, we can also identify other qualities that these two very different cultures share: generosity, kindness, and loyalty. Tip of the iceberg; this is only one element out of many. Thus far my family is proud of what I had accomplished. A 360 change from what I was last year.

Even with a Chinese heritage I am still very far from understanding this culture, but as we always say - one step at a time! Moving and taking this language to the next level will definitely be a goal that I would like to accomplish, and a goal that my family would like to see my accomplish.

Mid-sem break is about to end so let's finish this all in one swing.

One step closer to my China trip!

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I found this assignment enjoyable. It is definitely something that I would not usually try in my daily life and it was a fun experience to film a vlog. What makes this experience memorable is that it let me put my Chinese into actual use. Through this assignment, my family members discovered interest in the Chinese language. Especially, my mom has found it interesting how the word for bright/intelligent sounds similar in Chinese and Korean, cōngmíng and chongmyeong. Chinese and Korean not only have similarity in pronunciation of some words; the concept of whanaungatanga connects all three cultures of Māori, Chinese and Korean as it is central to the three cultures. It was also an opportunity to realise that speaking Chinese fluently and confidently is not quite easy, which means I should keep working hard on it!

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This assignment definitely helped to consolidate knowledge that I’ve acquired over the first half of the course. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to really cement my learning. However, I wish that I didn’t have to do THIS particular assignment. It was largely a reminder of how busted my family is; I struggled to find photos of my mum and dad. I acknowledge that family is important, but I resent being told that they are everything. Any resemblance of family peace I had growing up was a distortion of the reality of what harmony is; I wish I didn’t get reminders of how I grew up from this assignment.

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I honestly found this assignment quite challenging. I struggle to pronounce Chinese words and create sentences. I found myself watching the lectures back again to figure out how to structure it. Overall, I liked this assignment as it developed my Chinese skills and improved my editing skills as well. I love Chinese culture and love to learn more about it so this was such a cool assignment to partake in. As a part time job, I tutor a young Chinese girl and her family and I have such a close relationship. Her mum always makes me Chinese food and shows me more about her culture, so I can’t wait to show her my video on my progress in Chinese.

My family was so happy to see me doing this assignment as they love the fact that I am taking Chinese. Growing up my parents put me into multiple Chinese classes for me to learn, but I never really grasped the language so them seeing this made them really happy.

There are many similarities between Indian culture and Chinese culture I find. Both cultures prioritise family and relationships rather than individual gain. In India, your family comes first over everything and if your family splits apart, it is traditionally seen as a bad thing. However other than cultural similarities, my mother-tongue (Telugu) and the Chinese language itself are quite different.

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您好！It was an exciting assignment that I have ever done in the university. Since I'm not used to making a video, writing a script, filming, and editing the video took a lot of work. It's always a great opportunity to practice and learn a new language. This assignment helped me improve my speaking skills - I hope my speaking skills are improving more than at the beginning of the semester:)

Unfortunately, I could not film my family, but we really enjoyed talking about our childhood and the photos we choose. My family expects me to speaking Chinese when we travel to China in future.

Regarding the similarity between Chinese, Maori, and Korean, we all respect and support our families and community. 谢谢！

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I think this assignment is very interesting. It makes me intuitively realize my progress in Chinese. From a person who can't speak Chinese to a person who can barely introduce himself, and also learned some techniques about editing in his spare time.

For me, this project means that I have a great breakthrough and understanding in learning Chinese. My parents are also interested in and attach great importance to my videos.

My mother tongue is Cantonese, Cantonese and Chinese in writing is not too big of a gap, can have a very big gap in speech, in the same word may have two completely different pronunciation and meaning. So I'm looking forward to the next video assignment.

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I found this assignment very practical and fun as it really put my speaking skills to the test in an interesting way. This project allowed me to step back and look at how much has happened during my life and I get to enjoy those moments while looking at the older photos. Sometimes it feels as life moves along too quickly and we forget to look back at the good times in the past. My parents were happy with me speaking some Chinese on camera as they have always wanted me to learn to speak it. The Chinese culture emphasises on family relationships, especially the elderly which is quite similar to Cambodian traditions. I look forward to learning more about Chinese culture and language.

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For me, doing this assignment was very enjoyable and fun unlike my other assignment. Being all alone in New Zealand, being able to introduce my family to everyone was really special and heart warming. I was able to show my origins and the people that I truly loved and care about. Furthermore, this assignment helped me apply my past knowledges about Chinese and implement them into the video. I was able to improve not only on my oral skills but also my writing skills. I've also learnt that Maori, Chinese, and Cambodian culture shares similar ethical and moral values in relations to family. In Cambodia, we really value our family and they are very important to us. Similar to Chinese culture and Maori culture as well. Our family and where we come from makes us who we are today. Lastly, family doesn't always have to be with the ones that you started off with, it can also be built with new people. Thank You.

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I’ve studied other languages in the past and think this might be the only language class where I was really able to put what I learn in real life. I found my self enjoying writing Hanzi and talking about the Chinese language to my loved ones. :D

I didn’t have a hard time editing the video because I already have an experience. Although, I must say that pronunciation, and looking and speaking at the camera was quite challenging since I’m a shy person.

While making this video, I realized that Chinese, Filipino, and Māori really relate in terms of how family is very important in each other’s culture.

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This is my first time creating a mihi; filming was a lot of fun. I enjoyed talking about my family as I love them so deeply, and it was nostalgic to find old photos of them and reminisce about them. Creating this video helped my Chinese a lot, and in my household, we mostly speak Cantonese and English, but now I can speak Mandarin with them, which my parents are very proud of. Maori and Chinese cultures have strong beliefs about family with lots of respect for elders, which I got to know more about while doing this project!

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I thought this assignment was unique and very different than what i'm used too. Usually I have to express/introduce myself through words on a document. I am a bit shaky in front of a camera but i think this assignment has helped a bit being in front of a camera. It also gave me an oppotunity to show my parents the progress i have made in learning chinese. I didn't pick up chinese throughout my life so it is quite difficult to communicate with my relatives from China. Expressing myself in chinese gave me a confidence boost and I feel like speaking mandarin felt quite nice. Even though i didn't feel as confident making this video as it is my first ever, This experience can help me take what i need to learn and do better next time.

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大家好！ I was happy to develop my Chinese speaking skills in a creative and fun way through this assignment. I thought a lot about my parents in Korea to introducing my family in Chinese. Through this assignment, I could think about my parents a lot, so I felt longing and preciousness for my family. Also, this time, watching myself speaking in Chinese on video, I realized where I need to improve when speaking in Chinese. Also, the more videos I took, the more confident I became in speaking Chinese. I used new words with the help of my Chinese friends to introduce my family in more detail as well as the Chinese words I learned in class. It took a long time to add subtitles in Chinese characters to the video, but thanks to that, I learned many new Chinese characters. 谢谢大家！

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Given that this was my first time creating a video project, I was apprehensive about how this project would turn out, but it was surprisingly enjoyable! It was a little out of my comfort zone filming myself, so I didn’t make much of an appearance in the video. However, it was a great opportunity for me to practice and improve my vocabulary and pronunciation.

My family were very supportive and were excited to see the final video. There were plenty of laughs in between filming my family, which leaves me with some good memories 😊 I really appreciated their openness to learning some Chinese and featuring in the video.

Between Chinese, Māori & Cambodian culture there is a great emphasis on togetherness and respect towards our elders. While there are vast differences in things such as food and language, the bond within our families lies deep in our cultures and can holds great importance to who we are as individuals.

谢谢大家！

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Hi everyone. This assignment really helped to improve my Chinese, especially my pronunciation. At first, I thought doing this assignment will be a piece of cake, but I was wrong. The process of gathering all photos, and introducing my family members was quite long but exciting at the same time. I got to design and create the video in my own way, which made it fun. when my family knew about this project, they were very helpful and gave me lots of supportive feedbacks so that I could do a better product. I personally feel like Chinese and Vietnamese culture shares a lot in common; in deed, we all care about our family very much and we are very close to each other. Finally, thank you for letting me proudly have a chance to introduce my family.

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This was a hard project for me. Writing the script was complicated because I had a lot of difficulty coming up with things to say about my family. It is really only my parents and I, as my extended family lives very far away from us. I am also really camera shy, hence my shifting and pauses. Editing was something I had done only a very long time ago, and it was surprisingly easy to what I remembered, but I am no genius at it. Because of the distance from my family in the US, I was unable to connect with my family on this project, but I know that my mother would appreciate me talking about our cats cause they are just as much a part of our family as anyone else.

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This assignment was super fun and interesting! It was definitely harder than I expected, but easier than I dreaded 😅. The open endedness and creativity was really unique and refreshing, and a great way to engage our language skills. Making this project really made me realise how little I know how to say though. It was a struggle to get different sentences without cramming in stuff which felt irrelevant like birthdays or the time. I'm looking forward to future video projects where I'll have more creative freedom through a greater mastery on the language.

I'm not very confident on camera but making this helped me overcome some of that shyness, which I'm quite proud of. I found it hard to remember the entire script, and I ended up missing a few lines, but I think it worked out fine. Doing the video editing was also super cool and different. I liked the wide array of skills we could use here. No matter how many attempts I film I'm still not completely satisfied, so this is definitely a project where you need to accept that there will be flaws and overcome perfectionism. Looking through my classmates videos was both inspiring and disheartening -- you're all so good at this 😭😭😭

Family is something that's really important to me and it was nice to be able to put that into a uni project. I think it's really interesting the overlap with Chinese and Māori cultures, that they both place such emphasis on family and food, but I feel like they differ a lot too. For example, it seems like Māori culture is a lot more focused on connection to the land and nature. At a very cursory glance, it seems like Chinese is closer to Māori culture than it is to English/western culture, but in terms of language, Chinese is more similar to English than Te Reo (other than the orthography)

As this is project is based on a mihi - a Māori concept - I wanted to pay my respects by attempting a translation of the subtitles into te reo Māori with my rudimentary knowledge of it. Hopefully it all made sense, but apologies if I got anything wrong there. Though it wasn't directly part of the assignment, it was also fun trying to work out the translations, and this may have sparked a new interest in me.

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I found this video project helped me practise my Mandarin speaking and typing skills. It challenged me to do my best to consistently speak without mistake. I primarily speak Cantonese at home, therefore I did find this a bit tricky as there were some words that slipped me up a little. Nevertheless, there has been a massive improvement in my Mandarin speaking skills. Going from only knowing very basic words, unable to type/write to being able to write captions and speak sufficiently enough to be understood, I'm glad of my progress.

Making this video project helped me connect to my roots as my mom and dad are originally from China. Though they speak both Mandarin and Cantonese, with my extended family, majority speak Mandarin. With Maori and Chinese cultures, both have similarities where family is very important. I hope that with these skills now, I can join the dinner table and join conversations with my family in Mandarin!

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I enjoyed working on this assignment. I originally thought this assignment would be quite simple as I’ve had prior experience in learning Chinese. However, I had difficulty thinking of ways to make my project creative and appealing, especially since I’m not a very creative person. Filming the mihi was also quite difficult, it took me a long time since because of the many retakes in attempt to perfect every detail of my pronunciation which did not end up being perfect in the end. I very much enjoyed the editing process though despite thinking it would be the most difficult aspect of this project. I also ensured to include my family’s input in the small details of my project such as their favourite colours and they way they wanted to design their avatar.

My family and I visited the Philippines this year which was my first time in 15 years, so being born in New Zealand and rare visits to the Philippines, I sometimes feel disconnected to the Filipino culture despite being ethnically Filipino. But through this project, I was reminded of how grateful I am to have a big family and living in a country such as New Zealand. Although I don’t have deep understanding or knowledge of the Filipino culture, I know for a fact that family is an important aspect in Filipino and Maori culture. Spending time with family and valuing familial bonds/relationship has a clear significance in both cultures, especially valuing and giving respect to the elders. I believe food is another common significant aspect between the two cultures as food often brings families and people together. It is also a way of passing down culture, for example, the Maori people have the hangi which has been done for many generations whereas in my family we have Filipino food recipes that are passed down from my grandma to my mum. I appreciate how this project brings to attention to the importance of family and culture in an educational and enjoyable way.

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This assignment was really fun for me personally, and applying what I’ve been learning through a creative outlet helped me further improve my understanding. My family is happy that I am learning a new language and my brother has also been learning chinese in his free time so it's been fun for us to try and speak chinese to each other. I haven’t had much experience with video editing, so I enjoyed learning how to edit using vimeo which turned out to be a lot easier than I initially thought.

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The aspect I enjoyed most about this project was editing the video together. It was very fun and satisfying to see the final product (Even if it was under a watermark) One challenging point about Chinese is the pronunciation, and through this project I’ve gained a lot of practice and have definitely noticed improvements from my first rough takes.

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From this project, I enjoyed how it allowed me to be as creative as I wanted but to also show the new skills that I have learnt from Chinese class. I was able to share facts about me but also about my Whānau. Throughout this assignment, I had learnt new skills such as editing and creating a video.

When my parents knew I was taking Chinese class they were so excited as they believe mandarin is an important language to know. They also think it is good for me to know Chinese as it can help me in the future.

Between Māori and Chinese culture, I believe that there are a few similarities that we share. For instance, Whanaungatanga refers to a feeling of family connection in the Māori culture and in China guanxi (关系) also represents how important relationships are, as well as building trust.

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The video project that I completed was a challenging yet rewarding experience. Throughout the project, I faced many obstacles that I had to overcome. As I was born very late into my family, I wasn't taught how to speak Mandarin as I was born in New Zealand. My household primarily spoke Cantonese, but I mainly spoke English. My interest in learning Mandarin to connect with my family has been a memorable experience. Since I was a child, I never really spoke Mandarin. Still, I was frequently exposed to the language through television. This caused my curiosity towards the language to bloom even more.

One of the biggest challenges I faced was the technical aspect of this project. I had no experience in video editing whatsoever, so I took the challenge to learn how to use Premiere Pro for this assignment. It was a very challenging but rewarding experience. Overall, I enjoyed this project as it allowed me to create my first video.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this assessment as it challenged me to utilise some my newly learned skills in a practical setting. This makes all the difference in the learning process as it forces you to actively make connections which are otherwise unidentifiable when just listening and repeating. I am not very well versed with video assignments and don’t often film myself so that was another novel experience for me. My flatmates were happy to be a part of the assignment after hearing my practice in my room all the time. Overall good assessment, had heaps of fun!

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This assignment was quite fun to make and i enjoyed how its different to the usual essays and tests for other subjects. This project really helped me to focus on my pronunciation because i was re-watching the clips back to check if it was correct. Making the script was a little bit challenging for me becuase i couldn't decide what family members outside my immediate family i wanted to include because i have a lot of aunts and uncles :)

I can see alot of similarities between the Maori and Chinese cultures as well as english in the way that family importance and love are really important and cherished. All three cultures and languages are very different but also very similar in some ways which i think is amazing.

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I have conflicting feelings about this video project. While making the video I had to go through some old photos from the past which made me quite nostalgic. Looking through the photos I also became quite sad.
This was my first experience with any sort of video editing and I enjoyed learning how to use video editing software. I struggled writing the script due to my limited vocabulary but was surprised by how much I was able to write. I think the overall experience was beneficial and I quite enjoyed it.

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Firstly, I was rather nervous as I had not created a video for University or school in a very long time, but in the end I was successful at making something I was proud of. Furthmore, I feel uncomfortable hearing and seeing myself in recordings, which was a challenge to get past in this video project. I enjoyed this project as it let me apply the knowledge we learnt in class in a practical way. My family was happy that I made this project as I could connect further with my mother's Chinese culture. I was able to work on my pronunciation and hearing me say it out loud helped. A similarity I noticed between Maori and Chinese culture is the strong emphasis and importance placed on family relationships and connections.

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​​I really enjoyed this assignment because I was able to improve my Chinese reading and speaking skills. My family also enjoyed helping out with this assignment, and they wanted to be more part of the video. I really love learning new languages, so far I know Korean(my primary language) and Japanese. I can really tell the similarities and differences in each of these languages I know. Like, for Japanese Kanji they use the same characters and the same meaning, but most of the characters are the same. Although Korea doesn't use Chinese characters now I sometimes see it through books and T.V shows which had the same meaning. Having the same Chinese Characters made it a lot easier but a lot harder because understanding it is fine but however reading was really getting confusing.

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I enjoyed creating this video assignment as it allowed me to be creative and connect with my roots, unlike my other assignments. This was a new and refreshing experience as I never had the chance to do something similar throughout my time in school. Since my family is quite camera-shy, I had to resort to digging through my photo gallery for their pictures. Despite their shyness, my family was really supportive of my efforts, and my parents were happy that I am learning Chinese and developing a deeper connection with our culture.

In terms of culture, both Chinese and Maori cultures highly value family such as respecting our elders and uniting as a whole during cultural events.

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Although I have little experience with creating videos such as this, the project was really enjoyable and helped me improve my video editing skills as well as my language skills!

I found it quite interesting to see the similarities between Mandarin and Japanese as many of the characters are identical (or close), and share relatively similar meanings. This is obviously due to the history between the two languages, but it was quite cool to see first hand. Overall, I enjoyed the assignment and am quite happy with how my video turned out.

I look forward to seeing my progression with Chinese both in terms of writing skills and speaking skills, and one day hope to be able to communicate fluently with other Chinese speakers.

Thank you 赵老师! :)

References/Planning Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ompsdROjfJM-oyD7LA-hqN8-7Ga78xpjRz7UQNG_Itk/edit

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I liked this assignment as nowadays I don't get to see my parents much so it was cool to just be thinking about them and be able to make this video about them. It is also nice to see how similar Maori and Chinese culture is. It was cool being able to share what my family is like and relate my culture with Chinese culture and it is all very interesting.

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This assignment was challenging indeed because learning Chinese is new for me. I enjoyed learning how to talk about myself in a completely different language, other than my own. This was challenging in terms of pronunciations, writing and understanding but I am slowly starting to comprehend and understand the Chinese language. It was a great experience to talk about myself, my family and my studying in another language besides English or Tongan.

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Despite the countless retakes to (try) perfect my pronunciation of words, I had a great time completing the project. This was a nice way to practice my Chinese, and also a good way to connect with my culture. Even though my parents are Chinese and are fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese, I only know how to speak Cantonese, though not fluently. I find it very interesting how similar Mandarin and Cantonese are for certain words and phrases, and that some Mandarin words don’t exist in Cantonese and vice versa.

My parents are happy that I am learning Mandarin, as they believe this will help me connect with my culture more and let me communicate better with family members. They supported me and helped me learn words that I was unsure of.

Creating the video and editing it was a lot more work than I thought, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to the upcoming projects!

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I found that making this video project was a challenging yet rewarding experience. While it required a significant amount of effort and practice to develop my pronunciation, it was also a really fun opportunity to showcase my understanding of the language and my family.

Through this project, I gained a deeper understanding of my own family background and heritage (although I couldn't include a lot of it due to time constraints) and I also learned more about the Maori concepts of whanaungatanga and taonga and how it exists in my own family.

My mum and family in China were very supportive and proud of me for speaking Chinese through the entire video and they loved being featured in my video through pictures and clips. I think by sharing my family with others, I demonstrated the importance of whanaungatanga and the value of family connections and demonstrated how important they are to me and how much I cherish my relationship with them. This project definitely helped me develop a greater appreciation for the similarities and differences between Chinese, Māori and English cultural concepts.

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I found this assignment quite challenging since I don’t like being infront of a camera and speaking infront of it but I also had fun making and editing the video. I didn’t contact my family about doing this project so I didn’t get anything from them. The similarities between Chinese and Maori culture is respecting the elderly and valuing relationships. The difference between Chinese and Korean(my home country) is that the food tastes very different and the similarity is that food from China and Korean is the best.

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I really enjoyed working on this assignment, and it was a unique experience. There is barely a chance to introduce my family to someone else as I get older, especially in a different language. This assignment gave me a good chance to rethink what each of my family members like, such as their hobbies and favourite cuisines. Also, it was interesting that there were some similarities between Chinese and my home language, Korean, regarding the format and vocabulary.

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In making this video project it took me back to when I was younger and me and my sister would make movies with one another. With her being the director most of the time it has resulted in a bit of a quality drop from the productions which we used to put together. However, in her absence it helped to remind me how much my family means to me and how precious the time we spend together is.

The members of my family who were present were thrilled to help me put this video together, even though due to the nature of the film they had to be left with the silent roles (except for my cat, who is never silent).

Looking back to the start of this year i never would have guessed that my language skills would have grown this much, especially with a language as intricate and beautiful as 中文. With this being my first time learning a tonal language the pronunciation is proving to be quite a difficult challenge to conquer and I look forward to the end of the semester when I can look back at this video and see how far i have progressed since now

Making a project such as this reminds me of my time learning Te Reo Māori in high school. It is especially reminiscent of when I had to learn, and then lead our school Haka in front of the entire school. Both languages now hold incredible significance to my life.

Many thanks to 王老师 and 赵老师 for such an amazing opportunity!

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I enjoyed this assignment as I am Chinese born in New Zealand. I speak Cantonese and don’t know Mandarin and it is interesting how some words are very similar. I have found that I mix up some of the pronunciation with Cantonese words which I am working on. This assignment has helped me to further connect with my family as I now regularly ask my parents how to say things in mandarin to further aid my learning. Since growing up in a Chinese household this has reminded me about the importance of family and my heritage.

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When I first started this assignment, it was quite challenging to make a start because all my assignments were something like solving a question and/or proving why this is true or something like that. Everything was always so clear about how my answer should look like and so on.
However, as soon as I made some progress, it was less awkward seeing me talking to the camera and I enjoyed the process of recording and editing the video using my creativity because I normally would not even have a chance to perform creativity for my other assignments.
Since I am not the person who enjoys to talk in front of many people, I think this was a great challenge for me to develop my speaking skills to next level. It was also great that I got a chance to enjoy both practicing and learning at the same time.
I have not told my parents about this project but I am pretty sure that they would be proud of me. Maybe one day if I have to speak in Chinese, I would be able to do so confidently!

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This is my first time editting a video so I was worried about how the video would turn out. But as I started working on the project I found myself having a blast editting  and am very happy I got to experience video editting.

I was born in New Zealand but my mom and dad was from China, I speak a bit of cantonese with my parents but because they are from Guang Dong we didn't speak any mandarin at home.

Chinese and Maori culture are very similar as they both place a lot of importance in family and elders. An example of this would be that both Chinese and Maori culture would regularly pay respects to their ancestors through the rituals of each respective culture.

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Learning Chinese will be incredibly helpful in my future endeavors, whether it's for business, travel, or personal relationships, And this assignment really help me improve my chinese speaking skill and also skill to talk in front of people as my friend was in the room during my record.  I am excited about the opportunities that learning Chinese will bring, and I look forward to continuing my language journey.

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Through this project, I was able to reconnect with my busy family and was able to learn new things about them. I was also able to learn the similarities between Korean and Chinese culture, where both cultures respect our elders and greet new people or other people politely.
Writing the Chinese and then speaking was definitely not a breeze but the help from the teacher and my friends really helped me complete this project (thank you).
It was nice to do a video project like this where it was different from other courses where everything is just exams and written assignments. This project was certainly more enjoyable than the sitting down in a room and doing a test.
However, this was my first time making a video of myself speaking in a different language and so I was not that comfortable doing this project at first. I did not know what to do and how to start, and what apps to use to edit my video, but now I am much more confident and 100% ready to do our next video project!!!

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I very much enjoyed this assignment. I feel making videos like this allowed me to push my Chinese speaking skills to a point where I was able to speak more fluidly with casualness instead of just repeating words. Having the freedom to write my own script allowed to include a variety of Chinese phrases I have learnt in and outside of thus course, some more challenging words allowed me to further my knowledge and do some of my own research. My family enjoyed being apart of this video with me as it allowed them to have some insight and involvement as to what I do at University. This project has also opened my eyes to the similarities in future between Māori, English and Pakeha. Each of these cultures value a strong sense of identity which can portrayed through introductions such as a pepeha. Family is also a prominent aspect in these cultures which my morals personally align with as I value my family very highly. I also enjoyed tying in some Te Reo at the start of this video as I felt it was important to share some of my culture within this video as well. If I were to do thus video again I would try to have put more time into filming the clips as I struggled editing the clips together, however through this I have become a lot more confident in my video editing skills and would be willing to try this more often in the future. One thing I think I enjoyed the most about this project was adding my own personal touches to the video through the language I choose and certain video edits, It made the video feel a lot more personal so that I could connect with the audience better. Something that. Challenged me with this project has been my illness throughout the semester causing me to miss tutorials and fall behind slightly making it a bit more challenging to fill in the gaps, my blocked sinuses was also a slight challenge to pronunciation which was overcome by retaking certain clips until I was satisfied with pronunciation. Overall I am very proud of thus video and hope it is enjoyed :)

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I enjoyed creating a video for this assignment as I got to play around with the Chinese words we have learnt and use them to create an introduction to myself and my family. This project let me show my gratitude for my family and let them see the new Chinese words I have learnt so far.

Mandarin and English can sometimes have similarities in terms of sentence structures. I felt that I was able to express what I feel and say the descriptions I needed to say with the mandarin words I used in the video.

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This is my video project. Personally, I find this project very meaningful. Although we have learned so much in class, there is very little chance to practice our pronunciation. Unlike typical assignments or tests, this project gave me a chance to apply what I have learned in class to a situation I can use in real life.

This type of assignment is very new to me. Therefore, there were some challenges along the way. I made more than 15 takes in order to get my best record. Many of the tries were not used due to some tongue twisters, wrong pronunciations and tones. Moreover, creativity is not my best skill, so making the video interesting and good video editing is hard for me to achieve.

Last but not least, my family was very proud looking at my final work. Through this video project, I can reminisce about the past and have become more confident conversing in Chinese. Thank you!

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I liked learning how to edit a video. The grammar for Chinese is much easier than English grammar. So far, it is so simple and easy to learn. It was difficult to find a photo with all my family members in it and to talk about all of them in under two minutes. It was too short to film them all in person. I did not know a lot of occupations in Chinese, so I had to say some of them in English. I redid the filming so many times that I started to lose my voice. Overall, this project was enjoyable to do.

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Hi guys! I personally really enjoyed doing this assignment as the more creative part of my brain doesn't get used very much. It was like a break from study, but worth marks. It was really fun for my entire family as we all came together to create this, and my family members took turns filming. Sadly my brother could not be there in person.
I definitely learnt a lot from this project, not just in Mandarin fluency, but also in filming and editing. Especially since I had to research the best ways to go about these things.
The interplay between the Chinese and Maori cultures was something I didn't realise was possible until this semester. It was amazing to see how cultures from vastly different parts of the world can have very similar aspects of their culture.
Overall I loved this project, and it turned out to be very useful for me in more ways than one!

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This assignment was very different compared to a lot of the assignments I've done and it really engaged me to try my best as I never picked up my native language in my household. I only ever communicated in Cantonese and English, so in a way, this assignment was quite refreshing (despite my nervousness throughout the video) it felt quite nice being able to speak for a bit in Mandarin which gives me more confidence next time I'm out in public. My family supported me through my efforts and appreciated the learning opportunity. Chinese, Māori, English, and my home language share similarities in expressing emotions, but differ in syntax, phonetics, and writing systems. Cultural aspects, such as values and traditions, have unique elements, yet we all share a sense of community and respect for our heritage. This will most definitely push me to try my best in learning Mandarin and have a better understanding in my culture

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Creating this video was quite challenging. I don’t like the sound of my voice, nor do I have any video editing skills. Therefore, I did the entire video in one take with no additions. However, it was still enjoyable to mess up a few times and learn how to get better at speaking my script. The pronunciation of some words and my timing of words while speaking was my biggest challenge. My family was happy to see my video, it was something cool and different.

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I thoroughly enjoyed myself while doing this assignment. At first, I thought it'll be any other assignment, boring and tedious, but it turns out to be quite enjoyable. I haven't been back to Malaysia since the pandemic happened so doing this assignment, brings back some good memories and some homesickness. It also reminded me why am I studying in the first place right now. This assignment has helped me improve my Chinese reading, writing and speaking skills. It really reinforced, what was taught both in class and through the lecture recordings. I spent quite a while thinking, about what information I wanted to add about my family and I ended up with food as food is a way to someone's heart! This assignment also brought up some bitter-sweet memories but I've decided to just share them as I am who I am today, thanks to the experience and struggles I've experienced in the past, which makes me extremely grateful for what I have right now. I'm an extremely bad video editor, so I tried a lot of things in IMovie and ended up addicted to the transition option and added transitions any chance I get. Music as well, finding the right music was difficult but I ended up with one of Jay Chou's songs for most of the video. And used a piece of music from Naruto for the ending parts which I believe fits the narrative very well.

Overall, no regrets about taking this assignment and course as it helps improve myself as I get to reflect on a lot of things in life, my Mandarin speaking, reading and writing, and even my video editing skills which were non-existent before this.

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UOA Video Project 1 My mihi/pepeha and my whānau

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你们好!
After doing multiple tests and other boring physics assignments, this assignment was like a breath of fresh air. It allowed me to explore my creative side through video editing and planning, which brought back memories from when I used to edit school videos. I enjoyed looking through old photos and picking out funny ones. My sister was annoyed at me for using a picture of her, but I still did :). My extended family in Malaysia speaks Hokkien, and I've noticed differences in the pronunciations/tones of words and sayings. All dialects have essential aspects of a family rooted within the origins of that language. However, the differences are shown in the environments and circumstances these languages were developed. For example connection to the land isn't as significant in English as it is in Maori or Chinese culture. Overall, this project served as a way to establish a deeper connection to my Malaysian Chinese roots and my lecturers.
谢谢你，朋友们!

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Ni hao! This is my first time to create a video project. For me, it was very challenging and exciting. I am not very techy and am not too comfortable in front of a camera. Thanks to this assignment I had to overcome that. I must admit I kind of crammed for this project. But with a good script and right tools I was able to submit. Ensuring to have gone through all the lessons will also greatly help in finishing this work. I enjoyed making this video. I have also learned a lot and applied what was taught in class. It also made me miss my family and look forward to see them again. As a beginner for Chinese language, I can say it is not easy. But with proper guidance and constant practice one would learn and have fun and appreciate the language and culture. I am pretty sure everyone is enjoying their Chinese 100 classes like I do. Xie xie!

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This video project was super fun to do. It felt awkward to listen to myself talk, and it was frustrating not being able to say everything I want to say, but this was great practice. Despite being overseas, my family was excited about the project, and even my grandma wanted to be included a little bit, so it was a cool experience. The only downside was how short the video was, so I had to be selective about what I put in, but otherwise, I think I'm satisfied with it.

I think I'm very privileged to have grown up in a Chinese-speaking household, but at the same time this being my only exposure to Chinese meant that my vocabulary is very limited, and I have many mistakes in my language that weren't corrected. So I am really happy to be in this course and learn Chinese again in a better way.

I think that this course is super beneficial and I'm looking forward to the upcoming classes.

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Chinese Video Project Stephanie McCormick

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I enjoyed doing this assignment and have also been enjoying the portfolio assignments in the course as I find it a more interactive and meaningful way of learning. Instead of only drilling the vocab and grammar, assignments like these allow me to develop a more meaningful understanding of the grammar and pronunciation/tones, even though I’m still need some practice. This project was also a breath of fresh air away from essays and quizzes in other courses. I enjoyed being able to create and edit my own project to present it in the way that I wanted. This project also allowed me to connect with my Taiwanese exchange student who has been living with my family since year 11 or 12 of high school. He was able to help me with some of my grammar for example using 只 instead of 个 for counting things like pets. These things really aid in a deeper understanding of the language.