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这是我. 在这张照片我三岁。可是现在我十八岁。我的生日是一九九九年三月十一号。上个年我的朋友们开我一个生日会。我的生日会有很好玩儿了。

我是一个福大学生。福大非常难。我每天有很多功课。虽然福大很难，但是福大非常漂亮。在福大我住在宿舍。这是我的宿舍。

这是我的roommate。她是我的最好朋友。

我的家有四口人，爸爸，妈妈，一个弟弟，和我。

这是我的爸爸。他的爱好是看球。除了看球以外，他还喜欢吃饭喝上网。我爸爸喜欢吃中国菜因为中国菜有很好吃。

这是我弟弟。他叫 Max。他十六岁。他很凶，不太帅。他的爱好是开车。除了开车以外，他还喜欢看电视和打球。

这是我的狗。她叫coconut。我爱他。coconut非常可爱。她喜欢睡觉，她每天睡觉很多。

这是一张朋友们照片。我和我的朋友们喜欢一起去吃饭。我很喜欢我的朋友们，可是这是我最好的朋友。

我的最好朋友叫nina。她很漂亮。nina真喜欢买东西。她喜欢买褐色的裤子，蓝色的衬衫，和黑色的鞋子，因为它是一个UNC学生。 我们常常一起看电视。我跟nina的爱好很一样。我们都喜欢去音乐会，划船，和看球。

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大家好我叫李安美。我是弗吉尼亚大的学生。今年我十八岁。 我家友六口人。

我妈妈两个爸爸一个姐姐一个弟弟和我。虽然我爱睡觉可是我没有时间因为我有很多功课。这个学期我有五门课化学课宗教课中文课历史课和心理学课。我爱中文课可是中文课是很男。我觉得中文的发音很男。我想说我爱我妈可是我说我爱我马所以我得跟我中国朋友练习说中文。他说中文说得很好不过他平常很忙。我也很忙我们都很忙所以我常常跟我妈妈练习说中文。我妈妈是中国人，我爸爸是韩国人我是美国人。上课的事后我常常来的很晚。因为我两点睡觉。我八点半起床。起了床我就去上课。 我第一课是化学课。化学课的是后我常常睡觉。 我很喜欢睡觉。虽然我觉得化学课有意思但是我比喜欢化学 。我爱弗吉尼亚大学因为弗吉尼亚大学很好。弗吉尼亚大学的老师和学生很好。我也喜欢弗吉尼亚大学菜。我喜欢弗吉尼亚大学菜因为弗吉尼亚大学菜很好吃。我常常去Observatoryhill 餐厅吃晚饭。我跟我的朋友一边吃一边聊天儿。吃晚饭以后我去图书馆。星期一星期二星期三星期四星期五我在图书馆做功课。我喜欢做中文课因为中文课很有意思。我常常复习中文课  。我写汉字写的太慢了。所以我得练习写汉字。我用点脑学中文。我也用点脑买衣服

我用信用卡买衣服可是我家人不喜欢我用信用卡所以我不常买衣服。要是我买衣服我买黑色的衣服。周末我跟我朋友去corner玩儿。现在我在中文教师。我们在看我的中文电影

我爱中文课。我第一天上中文课的时候我很害羞可是现在我不害羞。认识了你们我很高兴

我希望我的老师和同学喜欢我的电影。对不起我唱歌常得不太好

谢谢大家
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大家好！我是Brandon。我想介绍一下我的生活。我是fujiniya人。我家有四口人。我爸爸，妈妈，一个姐姐，和我。我们还有一只兔子(tu4zi - Rabbit)。我的兔子很可爱。它是咖啡色的。

我爸爸有很多爱好。他喜欢打网球，喝咖啡，和吃饭。他觉得吃中国菜很好。我妈妈也有爱好。她喜欢唱中文歌，给家人打电话，和吃中国菜。我爸爸妈妈都喜欢吃中国菜。除了中国菜以外，他们还喜欢吃越南(Yue4nan2 - Vietnam)菜和泰国(tai4guo2 - Thai)菜。他们不太喜欢美国菜。我姐姐喜欢买衣服，听音乐，养(yang3 - to raise)两只猫。一只猫叫Stella，一只猫叫Sammy。Stella是白色的，咖啡色的，和灰色的。Sammy是黑色的。他们两都很可爱。

我也想介绍一下我的学生生活。这个学期我有五门课。我希望我的专业是commerce。除了我的专业课以外，我还有四门课。我有音乐课、数学课、中文课、和科学(ke1xue2 - science)课。我很喜欢中文课。中文很有用。可是学习中文有一点儿难。虽然生词很多、发音有一点儿难以外，但是语法很容易。我常常跟我的中国朋友练习说中文。他帮我准备中文考试。因为他帮我学习中文，我说中文说得不错。

我有很多爱好。我喜欢打网球。我每天听音乐。我喜欢听Bjork, Arca, FKA twigs的音乐。我常常跟我的朋友们去dining hall吃饭。Dining hall的菜不好吃。可是，我每天吃dining hall菜。我起了床以后，就去dining hall吃午饭。因为我九点半才起床，所以我不吃早饭。我吃午饭。我平常十二点吃午饭。我喜欢一边吃午饭，一边看电视。

我平常周末的时候上网买衣服。我喜欢买衬衫和裤子。我最喜欢黑色的衣服。我买不太贵的衣服。衣服也不太便宜。我希望后来我可以挣(zheng4 - to earn)很多钱。所以我可以买很贵的衣服！可是，现在我没有钱。

我觉得我的学生生活很好。谢谢你们听我的话。再见！

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大家好。我叫魏瑄灵。我的生日是十一月十二日。我今年十九岁。我是美国人。我家有五口人：我爸爸，我妈妈，我姐姐，我妹妹， 还我。我爸爸是军人。我妈妈是家庭主妇。我姐姐不是大学生可是她也是家庭主妇。我妹妹没有工作因为她是中学生。我有工作。我是Starbucks 咖啡师。我也是弗吉尼亚的大学生。这个学期我有五门课：Astronomy课，Comparative Politics课，Psychology课，Engagements课，和中文课。我住在宿舍，也在那里睡觉。我的宿舍名字Shannon. 我星期一到星期五很忙可是我周末不太忙。我平日常常去图书馆。我在图书馆一边做功课一边听音乐。除了去图书馆以外我去我的宿舍跟我的朋友练习说中文。我的朋友是赵老师的学生。她叫林岚。中文很难所以林岚和我一起准备中文考试。我们学习中文以后， 我们去O’Hill餐厅吃晚饭。虽然餐厅菜方便，但是餐厅菜不好吃。我周末跟我的朋友去商店买东西。我喜欢买红色的衣服不过我不常穿红色的衣服。我有空的时候我平常跟我的朋友看球。我有很多朋友。我觉得我的弗吉尼亚大学很有意思和酷。我希望下个学期很好。再见

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这是我。我叫马书雅，虽然我住在NJ， 但是我出生在San Fransisco， CA。四岁生日的时候，我的家去NJ。我家有四口人：我爸爸，我妈妈，我姐姐，和我。我姐姐不是弗大学生—她是Amherst学生。在NJ，我上Kent Place学校。我喜欢上Kent Place 学校。这是一张朋友的照片在Prom。我穿了一条红色的连衣裙。我喜欢穿很多的颜色和衣服。 这是我的最好朋友。她叫Mica。我喜欢跟Mica一起踢足球。除了足球以外，我们还打Lacrosse。我们最喜欢看冰球。冰球有意思。  虽然我唱歌唱得不好，但是我喜欢上音乐会，比如Concert for Charlottesville。我还喜欢做饭和画画儿。我常常跟我的家一起去Nantucket。除了游泳以外，我们还喜欢休息，聊天儿，和吃很好的饭。我觉得弗大是很好的大学。除了很好的老师以外，弗大还有很好的学生。我的高中朋友也上弗大。在弗大，这是我的宿舍。我现在没有专业，可是我希望我的专业是Commerce。因为我爸爸是商人，所以我觉得这是很好的工作。这个学期，我上五门课：数学课，中文课，commerce课，drama课，和sociology课。因为我的数学老师教的不好，所以我不喜欢上数学课。要是我上了别的大学，然后我不高兴。

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你好。我叫董瑞秋。

我今年十九岁。

我家有四口人：我爸爸我妈妈我哥哥和我。

这是我爸爸和我哥哥。他们都是分析人士。 他们都喜欢看打球。我哥哥喜欢打球。

我妈妈是老师。我常常跟我妈妈去商店买衣服。我妈妈喜欢看书。

我是弗大的大学生。我喜欢弗大学。

我平常九点起床。

我起床以后就吃早饭。

我吃早饭以后就上中文课。

我上中文课以后就去图书馆。

我常常跟我的朋友去图书馆。我一边做功课一边聊天。

我常常跟我的中国朋友练习说中文。

我觉得我说中文说得不错可是我想我的中国朋友帮我。

我觉得我的中国朋友写汉字写得很漂亮。

这个学期我有五们课。我有一节电脑课。

我还有三节政治课。 这是我的专业。

除了政治课以外，我还有中文课。

我喜欢看打球和看音乐会。

我还喜欢唱歌和听音乐。

我常常听Beyonce 的歌。

我还喜欢看电视和电影。

我周末常常跟我的朋友去DC因为我们喜欢DC。

这是我的朋友。他叫Faith 。我们喜欢去Panera Bread吃晚饭。

那是我的生活。谢谢。再见。

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1。 大家好！我叫孟文思。我是弗吉尼亚大学生。这是我大学生活。

2。每天，我早上八点起床。起了床，我就洗澡。洗了澡，我就选今天 穿的衣服。

3。我最喜欢穿灰色的毛衣，蓝色的牛仔裤，和咖啡色的鞋子。因为我没有工作，所以我没有钱。商店的衣服太贵了。我不喜欢去商店买新衣服。

4。 选了衣服，我就吃早饭。虽然我有时候在宿舍吃早饭，但是我平常去Newcomb餐厅吃早饭。我一边吃早饭，一边看书。

5。我的第一节课是CreativeWriting课。我早上九点上课。下课的时候，还有ModernChina课。ModernChina课早上十点开始，所以我得很快走去MinorHall。

6。我的第三节课是中文课。我很喜欢学中文因为我觉得中文很有意思，很漂亮。我也喜欢我的中文一〇一〇同学。在中文课我们联系写汉字，一起说中文。

7。中文课以后，我没有别的课。下午二点半，我去Newcomb餐厅吃午饭。下午三点，我做功课。我最喜欢去Alderman 图书馆做功课。我不常在我的宿舍做功课。

8。我做完工课，就到Pav去买晚饭。吃完饭以后，我就回家。要是我有空儿，我给我家人打一个电话。

9。我家有三口人：我妈妈，我妹妹，还有我。除了我以外，我家都住在弗吉尼亚，Fairfax。我妹妹今年十六岁。她很喜欢看电影，所以我们常常一起看Pixar电影。感恩节以前，我们跟我妈妈都看Cars 3 了。我觉得Cars 3 不太好看。这个圣诞节，我们要看Coco.

谢谢你们看我的小电影！再见！

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你好。我叫付安明。我的家有四口人。我的爸爸，我的妈妈，一个姐姐，和我。我的爸爸是会计(Kuàijì,accountant)。我的妈妈是女商人(Nǚ shāngrén,businesswoman)。 我的姐姐在Auburn University是大学生。我也是大学生可是我在弗吉尼亚大学是学生。我希望告诉你我的大学生活(Dàxué shēnghuó)。我平常八点起床。我起床以后就我洗澡。我洗澡以后就我穿衣服。我平常穿一件白色的衬衫和一条咖啡色的裤子。虽然我不穿黄色的衣服可是我爱黄色。我还爱跳舞因为我觉得跳舞使(shi(3), to make)你笑。我在教师，宿舍，餐厅，和我的老师的办公室跳舞。我平常喜欢一边听音乐一边跳舞。我常常用我的电脑听音乐。我喜欢听French Montana的音乐。我平常一边做功课一边听French Montana的音乐。我常常有很多功课因为我这个学期有五满课。除了中文课以外我还有一节电脑课，一节经济学(Jīngjì xué,economics)课，一节英语(Yīngyǔ, english)课，和一节社会学(Shèhuì xué,Sociology) 课。我觉得中文课是很难因为我这学期只开始学中文了。虽然我觉得中文是很难可是我爱中文课。我爱我的中文同学和我的中文老师。我上完(Wán, to finish)中文课以后很高兴。我没有事时候，也很高兴。我平常跟我的朋友聊太，打球，和吃饭。我喜欢吃美国菜和中国菜。我觉得弗吉尼亚大学的饭不好吃，所以我常常在Got Dumplings买饭。我平常买水饺(Shuǐjiǎo, dumplings)和炒饭(Chǎofàn, fried rice)。一共七块二十五。我吃水饺以后，我做功课。我做功课以后就我睡觉。我希望你喜欢我的电影。再见。

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你好，我叫梅颖怡。我是中国人，我也是美国人。从 (cong2)香港来的。我二年级 (nian2ji2)的时间来了美国。我现在弗大的学生。我觉得弗大很漂亮，可是弗吉尼亚有一点儿凍 (dong4)。弗吉尼亚的天气 （tian1qi4）跟Houston的天气不一样。我也觉得弗大的老师很好。我平常早上七点半起床。起床以后就吃早饭。我早饭喜欢吃炒蛋 (chao3 dan4)。我早饭也喜欢喝乌龙茶 (wu1long2cha2)。我常常一边吃早饭一边听音乐。吃早饭以后就上化學(hua4 xue2)课。 我觉得化学课很有意思。这个学期我很忙，因为我有五门课。我觉得我的课有一点儿难。虽然我现在没有专业，我希望我的专业是Biochemistry和Neuroscience. 所以，除了中文课可以外，我还有chemistry课，biology课， laboratory 课和European history课。上课以后就去书店 (shu1 dian4) 做工作。我喜欢去 Kuma 吃晚饭。我觉得Kuma 的面很好吃。可是我没有很多钱。所以，我平常在Ohill 餐厅吃晚饭。晚饭以后就在宿舍做功课。我常常练习写汉字。要是我有时间，我喜欢听音乐和看韩国电视。我也喜欢拍照 (pai1 zhou4)。我觉得拍照很有意思，可是我拍招拍的不太好。我常常十二点睡觉。睡觉以前我常常给我的妈妈打电话。谢谢你们看我的小电影！

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嘉盛: 大家好！我是 Jack, 这是我的新中国朋友。他叫 Madison。说“大家好！”

我的朋友: 大家好！

嘉盛: 我是美国人，可是他是中国人虽然他是中国人但是她会说英文。 我在 UVA 学中文可是我的中国朋友在 NCSU 学中文。 我是第二年学生，他是第一年学生。除了中文课意外，他也有三个 psychology 课和一个 math 课。 我们都大学生。我今天是就一岁，但是他今天二十一岁。 我周末常常打球。我喜欢打球因为打球有意思。我的中国朋友不常打球因为他很忙。他喜欢看书。她常常去图书馆学习。 他说中文很快因为常常去中国见他的家，所以他经常联系说中文。因为我是新的中文大学生我说中文说得很好很慢。我也写汉字写得很慢。我希望以后我会说中文和写汉字很快。我的中国朋友的样子很好我喜欢她的一双红色的鞋和一条裤子。她常常买东西所以他没有钱很多。 我和我的朋友得走了。再见！

我的朋友: 再见！

嘉盛: 如果你们有问题的话你们可以在我的演示以后问我问题。谢谢！

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大家好！ 我叫高明秀。我家有四口人。我爸爸，我妈妈，一个弟弟。 我爸爸是CEO， 妈妈是家庭主妇，弟弟是高中学生。我今年十九岁。我是韩国人， 所以我喜欢韩国菜。 我也喜欢美国菜和中国菜。我的爱好是打鼓，看电视剧，听音乐和射击。 在感恩节假期我射击了散弹枪，AR-15，手枪，狙击步枪，射击让我高兴。今年我上数学，统计学， 教育，中文，科学课。学习中文很难， 但是我的朋友帮了很大的忙， 所以我知道了中文的语法，生词，和读音。我常常上午十一点起床。 我洗一个澡，穿衣服，去赛百味吃饭。吃完饭以后我去上课。 上完所有课以后我做作业，吃完饭，玩游戏。 我经常在早上三点钟睡觉。我不喜欢弗大，因为不是一个很优秀的大学。所以，我准备提前毕业。

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中文 Final Script

我平常早上八点起床。

起床以后就穿衣服。

今天我穿了一条牛仔裤和一件白色的衬衫。

每天早上我会喝一杯茶。

我一边喝茶一边听音乐。

我最喜欢和绿茶。

喝完茶就去上课。

这个学期我有五门课。

除了专业课意外还有生物课和中文课。

中午的时候我去餐厅吃午饭。

餐厅的饭有时候好吃，有时候很不好吃！

吃完饭就去上Criminology课。

上完课就去跟朋友吃晚饭。

我最喜欢 Newcomb 餐厅！

吃完饭就去图书馆复习中文。

每天晚上得练习写新的汉字。

做完功课才可以回家。

回到家就洗澡。

洗完澡就会看一点儿电视还有在网上买新衣服。

睡觉之前会跟我妈妈打电话。

我平常十二点就睡觉！

希望大家喜欢我的video！

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这个学期，我觉得中文课很有意思。我现在学中文学得很好。除了生词以外，我还学很多的发育。我的中文进步了。我觉得我的同学的中文还进步了。我们都说中文说的很好。要是我想考试考得很好，然后我得准备和练习很多。我喜欢跟我的同学一起学中文。我的中国朋友还很有帮助（helpful）。To stay on top of things
第课前，我平常复习生词和语法。Something I have really appreciated about the second half of the Chinese 1010 semester is the consistent pattern in which we learn. We have the same set up for each lesson (recordings, listening, homework, 听写，etc.), which produces an environment very conducive to learning and retaining 生词和语法。I have learned a lot and built heavily on the foundation I already had.

For the final project, I would like to create a video about myself. Since we have such a small class that has been together all year, I would like my 同学和老师to learn more about me—my hobbies, family, friends from home, childhood, etc. in greater depth.

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我们还有学习中文学了三个月！我很喜欢学习中文因为中文很有用也很有意思。学习中文很难。我们都得很多联系。我联系说中文和联系写汉字。我得上课以前预习功课和听绿荫。我也喜欢复习我们的课文。如果我们有一个问题的话，我们可以去老师的办公室问她问题。下下个星期我又恨多考试因为是finals星期。我不喜欢很大的考试。因为我得准备我的考时，说音我和我的朋友们得练时。 准备中文考试我喜欢跟我的中国朋友在图书馆联系说中文。我们有时候在宿舍联系写汉字。因为我很忙，所以我不可以睡觉很多。可是，这个星期是thanksgiving。这个星期四我的家人都来我的家吃很多的菜。
For my final project I'm going to make a movie about my life.

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这个学期我有很多难课，所以我现在有很多考试，papers 和 projects。我现在很緊張(jin3 zhang1 nervous)。可是我觉得早啲睡觉帮我复习课文。因为我会注意(zhu4 yi4 pay attention to) 课文。I plan to make a video about my life using a video platform

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1. What are your strategies to stay on top of things and finish strong?
To manage tests, papers and projects, I start studying far ahead before the test date. I do the same for writing essays but I also go to the writing center for better quality essay. For time management, I write stuffs that I need to do in my smart phone calendar. Then I distribute time carefully. For stress management, I play a game called PUBG with my friends.

2. How do you still keep that bar high when you’re so attempted to just get things done?
I try to keep the bar high by doing 复习.

3. Do you have any tips that you’d like to share with your classmates?
Having a hobby could greatly help us reduce the stresses.

For my final project, I will make a movie about my life in UVA using shotcut.

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这个学期我很忙。我有很多课。可是这个星期四是Thanksgiving，所以星期三到星期五我们没有课。那很精彩(jing1cai2 - awesome)。但是，我回来Charlottesville，我就有很多projects和考试。我们都很忙，所以我们得睡觉！我们得学习很多！准备好！可是，我们也得去外面(wai4mian4 - outside)玩。如果你练习太多，没有睡觉，你就感觉(gan3jue2 - to feel)不好。要是你想考中文考的很好，你应该(ying1gai1 - should) make quizlets out of the 听写的录音。所以你可以听你的quizlet. 你也应该跟你的中国朋友练习说中文。我希望我们都考中文考的很好！
For the project, I will make a video with pictures overlayed by an audio of myself talking about my life and my life in college.

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我的中文经验(jing1yan4, experience)很好。我得跟我的中国朋友练习说中文因为我觉得语法和说中文很难。我得准备很多。我觉得quizlet很有用。我也得睡觉很多。我的同学有忠告(zhong1gao4, advice)很好。我喜欢学中文。 我希我改善(gai3shan4, improve). I intend to make a video of myself speaking Chinese in my everyday life for the final project.

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这个学期很快。现在我有很多考试，essays, 和projects。 我很累，很忙。我没有好复习tips，可是it is important 睡觉和吃healthy饭。一个学习tip, 尽早做功课。Do not procrastinate. 但是我不好学习因为I get distracted too easily. 为中文课，我练习说中文。我也练习写汉字。我还复习生词和语法。It would be beneficial 早睡觉因为休息is important to 在课注意。
For my final project, I plan to make a video of my life as a college student. I'm going to get some help from my friends to use iMovie to edit the video.

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这个学期快完了所以我有很多很多的考试，essays，和 papers！！！我现在有很多压力（ya1li4, pressure）。我没有好的复习tips 。我平常上课一个小时只前才开始练习写汉字，准备听写。我觉得最好的办法就是好好的休息(xiu1xi, rest)。我这个学期都一直没有好好的睡因为我每天早上都有训练(xun4lian4, practice)。可是我现在没有训练了所以我有更(geng4, more)多时间准备考试。大家得记住(ji4zhu4, remember)好好的吃饭！我平常吃很多方便面(fan1bian4mian4, ramen)所以我也得注意(zhu4yi4, pay attention)我吃什么。
For my final project, I plan to make a video detailing my daily life and incorporating aspects of Chinese culture into it. I'll be using iMovie to edit!

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这个学期以后，我真的累死(lei4si3: tired to death)了。可是，我们还有finals，final作文(zuo4wen2: essays)，和final projects。如果我只要睡觉，但是我得记得(ji4 de: remember)我以前的苦工(ku3gong1: hard work)。我们只有四个星期在弗大。四个星期以后，我们都回家，一个月休息(xiu1xi: rest)。那时候，我们可以睡觉，看电影，看电视修，跟老朋友聊天儿。现在，我不要做功课，准备考试, 写作文，但是我知道那都是必要(bi4yao4: necessary) 的。我也觉得如果你有太多stress, 你跟别人要说话。你可以跟老师，医生，同学，还是朋友说话。我还建议你记得吃饭，喝水，洗澡，睡觉。你的生活是最重要的。
我的好朋友去欧洲上大学。我觉得我可以compare我的大学生活跟她的大学生活。我要用video software做一个video presentation 。我明天得给我的朋友一个电话，问她要是她能帮我。我想record我和我的朋友的一天：吃饭的时候，去上课的时候，学习的时候，下课的时候，好玩儿的时候。

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Considering studying tips and advice should come from students who perform well (relative to the class) I'm probably not the most qualified person for this, but despite that if you'd like me to give you amateurish techniques here they are. I try to read over the various dialogues, sentence examples (for grammar), and vocabulary for each new chapter regularly, along with writing out the new characters we learn for each of the dictations. Something I'd like to do more often is practice speaking Chinese with people.

As for the project I pretty much have no clue what I'm doing yet. I'd like to make a video, but I'm not sure how I'd be filming, which editing software I'd be using, etc. I assume I'll give myself an introduction and talk about my hobbies, study habits, etc.

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对功课我没有好的办法。首先，我每天晚上十一点还是十二点钟开始睡觉，因为睡觉对活力有好处，所以我起床的时候觉得不太累。我除了睡觉以外，还做功课的时候别用手机，别上好玩的网站。如果你想自杀因为你又特别多功课，我了解你。我建议你告诉你的AD，到Elson Student Health Center跟医生见面。那，觉得好以后，回宿舍昨晚你的功课，准备你的最后考试。再说，特别重要的其实是大学成绩没有意思。你的健康比你的成绩更严重。
我不知道怎么做这个小电影。可是，因为我不想拍这个电影，我打算用照片和Windows Movie Maker还是一样的应用程式做电影。我觉得我能用那个歌曲叫, "Clare De Lune"因为是非常好听。

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这个学期我很累可是我也很高兴！ 我会写很多汉子。你得准备考试。你得复习中文课也预习中文课。要是你希望学中文学的很好，你每天得练习说中文。要是你希望写很多生词，你得练习写汉字。 quiz let 很有用。我觉得钥匙你用Quizlet，你可以写中文写得很好。要是你想pay attention 你得睡觉和吃早饭。Final Project 我要做video about 这个学期。我想说话我life in 弗吉尼亚大学。我要用iMovie

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It's hard to believe we've entered the last weeks of the semester! While tests and papers and projects from all of your courses start all looming large simultaneously, time/energy/stress management becomes critical.  What are your strategies to stay on top of things and finish strong? How do you still keep that bar high when you’re so attempted to just get things done? Do you have any tips that you’d like to share with your classmates?

I also want you to include a couple of sentences explaining your plan for the final movie project. what are you going to talk about, what format (photos, drawings, songs, or video clips?).

And as always, don’t forget to comment on your classmates’ reflections. They would love to hear what you think just as much as you appreciate their comments!

你可以用中文／英文写这篇reflection。这个星期日（11月19日）晚上10点以前写好！

这个学期只剩最后的三个星期了。这三个星期，你的很多课都一起开始有很大的考试、功课、作文essays….。那你怎么用你的时间？你怎么一边好好学习，一边天天晚上还能好好睡觉？你会管理guan3li3, manage你的时间吗？你知道怎么不用天天都很累吗？知道怎么真去做你想做的事（有时候虽然你知道要做功课，但是你上网玩儿）？要是你知道，请你告诉你的同学们，帮大家这最后几个星期可以不要太累，除了学习以外，还可以跟大家一起聊天、吃饭，一起笑。

老师也希望你可以告诉大家你想怎么做你的期末小电影。你想告诉我们什么？你要用很多照片吗？还是画hua4, draw很多画？还是要唱歌？你要用什么音乐吗？

跟平常一样，你也告诉你的同学你觉得他们介绍的tips好不好，对不对，有没有用。跟你想听你的同学的想法一样，你的同学也很高兴知道你怎么想！

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这个星期五下午一点我 had the privilege of attending Erin Kearny's language presentation at the symposium.  From this I learned that learning a language is not as simple as just learning new words and a new way to speak, it's deeper than that,  when you learn a new language, you are learning a culture, and as exemplified by her example with the french word, banlieue, which was much more than a word simply meaning suburb to the french people, it symbolized a piece of their culture.  Overall, I enjoyed the presentation and I agree that when learning a language you should strive to learn more than just the words, learning their cultural meaning and embracing the culture of where this language is spoken is important too.

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上个星期五，我们去International Learning in Modern Language Education 的 presentation. 我觉得她有意思。Professor Kearny talked a lot about the different cultural meanings of words in different languages and emphasized how we should integrate them into language learning. She gave examples, such as the connotations with French word for suburb or the America Dream, that carried with them cultural meaning that would be lost if only the definition was learning within the classroom. I want to take what I have learned from this presentation and apply it to my further studies in Chinese.

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这个星期五，我跟我的同学们去看Erin Kearney的presentation。She talked about the way that language intersects with meaning and connotation. Something that stuck out to me was how she talked about how we shouldn’t just learn the denotation of a word, but learn about the cultural context behind the word. She gave the example of the French word for suburb, which seems harmless enough but in reality, carries a deep political meaning. She also stressed the concept that we use language to convey ideas through the words we use. I often put so much effort into learning vocab words and sentence structures that I fail to see this larger picture, and I think she makes a really good point.

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这个星期五下午一点我去看symposium了。我觉得这个symposium很有意思。我听Erin Kearney说话。She emphasized the deeper purposes of language as forms of interconnected associations and meanings as molded by the contexts of our personal experiences. Language isn't just a compilation of words representing objects. Language can symbolize diversity, variety, and complexities to form meaning. In this way, language makes culture flexible and not just national. Kearney gave some great examples of this including Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech and the American Dream. Because of the power of language, the words of the phrase "I have a dream" signify hope in combating oppression for anyone rather than just having a dream when sleeping. The American Dream represents meaningful aspiration for Americans including immigrants, not just a dream. 我很高兴听这个symposium。我感觉(gan3jue2, to feel)很inspired。现在我想学很多languages!

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This Friday, I went to see the speaker Erin Kearney at the symposium. She discussed what it meant to become inter-culturally competent while learning a new language and how we can enrich our language learning experiences. She believes that the meaning and culture behind words are what's essential to interacting with others and is what new learners often struggle with. More than just repeating words from the teacher in a classroom, Kearney believes students should explore culture and the community that the language comes from. The best way to learn a language is to comprehend the meaning potential behind each word, acknowledging the original connotation while also forming your own original connection with the words.
Often times, even if a student lacks the expansive vocabulary that a native speaker possesses, they can still convey critical thinking and analysis. Kearney gave us an example of a French classroom where students were asked to analyze a picture. Even the worst student of the class was able to express themes using limited vocabulary such as "light" or "small" because they understood the meaning potential behind these simple words.
The purpose of her talk was to encourage students and teachers to circumvent the traditional method of teaching and learning language, instead taking the time to form essential personal connections with the words of the language and the culture it comes from.

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上个星期五，我去 symposium了。我听Erin Kearney说话，她的presentation是说Intercultural Learning in Modern Language Education。她说的很有意思，我以前没有这种想法对学中文。现在我最喜欢的课就是中文课！我很喜欢跟我的同学们一起说中文。我觉得说中文不太难可是写汉字挺难的。我每天晚上得练习写汉字。我希望以后我们会有跟多机会离开学校参加 events 想这个 symposium。这个夏天我应该是要回去中国见我奶奶爷爷所以我要努力复习中文。我希望下个 semester 我还是可以有老师！

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我觉得我进步中文进步得太少了。上个星期五我上了那个文化演示。演示结束以后我跟老师一起聊天儿一下了。虽然我说得特别坏了，但是我们的对话很好玩儿。我爱用汉语，因为听得很漂亮，语法很酷。我最喜欢的课就是中文课。我必须练习我的发音更多，还练习中文语法。我没够够地了解中文，所以我得练习练习练习。我希望到中国去，在那儿里说中文，跟很多别人说中文。这个暑假我和我的ROTC unit可以去，可是我还在不知道。如果我可以在中国上中文课，我打算是一个汉语家。

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I, like many of us, went to see Erin Kearney, of the University of Buffalo, present on how to introduce the crucial cultural elements of language learning into the classroom. This oratory was based on her recently published book about on the same topic. This presentation was divided into two parts, the first being a primarily theory-based approach to the topic, discussing how human-beings create language based off a pool of potential-meanings that are strung together using cultural context as the key guide. Knowing that humans rely strictly upon cultural understanding to create coherent meaning from an understood language, Kearney then asserted that culture ought to be emphasized in the classroom to a much greater degree. She said that many language teachers have the impression that external activities, such as study abroad programs or out-of-the-classroom trips, teach cultural understanding, and so the classroom is not necessarily the right atmosphere for cultural learning, then said that this impression was incorrect. She proceeded to give concrete examples of the culture centered activities she advocated as she moved into the second phase of her presentation, moving away from the theoretical and into the practical. The prime example she provided was of a French teacher having her students analyze a propaganda poster from the Vichy era of modern France. Kearney suggested that creating culture based activities, explicitly naming the activity as being centered on culture, and contextualizing/orienting the students to the activity are three necessary aspects to making the activities effective in the classroom.

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Upon coming to UVa, I was enrolled in Latin, a language easy and familiar to me, but after the first day of Latin class, I decided that I wanted to try something new and worthwhile. I switched into Chinese on a whim and ended up loving it. I love the classroom atmosphere and the small activities we do. As someone with no prior experience with Chinese, I will admit that I struggle to keep up with the fast paced program. Instead of spending time reviewing, most of my time is consumed learning the new material for the next day of class, causing me to forget all previous material. Often I feel anxious upon entering the classroom because my grasp on the language is so limited, and it doesn’t help that the majority of my classmates already have had experience with Chinese and complicate my learning by saying advanced words and phrases. I struggle immensely with pronunciation and listening comprehension and often find myself lost because the lectures are so fast paced. Overall, I think my strong suit is reading the written language. Despite the hardships, Chinese is my favorite class at UVa. It is so fun learning something new and rewarding, and I’m looking forward to furthering my knowledge of Chinese.

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I first started learning Chinese as a freshman at Hampden-Sydney last year, and fell in love with the environment I was in. I had a wonderful professor, made friendships that still last today, and overall had a great experience. After transferring to UVA this fall for other reasons, I wanted to hang on to this aspect of my college experience. While this class moves at a much faster pace than what I am used to (with all languages I’ve studied, not just Chinese), and required a substantial adjustment as to how I approach the language, I still so far find it worthwhile and rewarding. Do I hope to travel to China one day? Maybe. Do I aspire to be fluent in Mandarin? Can’t really say. However I do know, after studying French, Spanish, Arabic, and Russian, that this language is the most unique and interesting I have yet to come across. People ask me all the time why in the world I decided to study Chinese, and I’ve never really discovered an actual answer of substance to this question until I sat down to write this: it’s because of how different it is from anything I’ve ever been exposed to. As for my opinions specifically on this class and how it could improve (take them with a grain of salt), I’d say that I wish we would go back and review older, basic material more often. While I get that this is extremely difficult to allow for review days given our packed schedule, it doesn’t change the fact that I still trip up on pronunciations consistently. Also, for an introductory course, the pace at which we speak is incredibly fast. Annunciating more and slowing… things… down... a bit I feel like would help me and others in their early stages be able to keep up more. On the grand scheme of things though I've enjoyed my time in CHIN 1010.

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I started off learning Mandarin back in high school. While I have a basis in Mandarin, it has been fun learning new bits of information my high school teacher grazed over. Some examples include actually knowing where tone marks go on specific letters, and having a solid understanding of neutral tones. It's been challenging trying to break old habits and put tones on where they actually belong. I seem to have a firm grasp of tones and how to write characters but i still struggle to remember if a character is a 2nd tone or a 3rd tone. Sometimes I speak them the same. A study method that works well for me has definitely been Quizlet. I write character sentences on one side and pinyin + translation on the other. In terms of the pace of the class, I agree the class is incredibly fast and, like other students, I would see myself biting the bullet without previous knowledge. It's difficult for students to enrich their understanding of Chinese when there isn't ample time of the knowledge to sink in. I advocate more students should ask questions that are directed towards everyone in the class like a forum rather than directed strictly to the professor. While the professor has great explanations, it also helps to get the perspective from students who have already been through difficulties of learning.

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1. What has been particularly enjoyable and challenging for you?

So far, learning Chinese is quite fun. I feel really excited when I get to speak a full sentence without looking textbook. I also enjoy in-class talking so that I could check my grammar and tones. However, the learning isn't easy. I need to memorize vocab everyday, have to be fully prepared for the daily sentence dictation, and this is quite stressful.

2. Have you found out your strengths and weaknesses and what are your plans to address those weak links?

I think I have strengths in pronunciation and grammar. My Chinese friend told me that my tone isn't perfect, but is awesome for a first time learner. Furthermore, while I am doing my homework, I almost never got messed up with grammar issues. I think being bilingual is helping me lot. On the other way, I have lot's of weaknesses also. I am really bad at memorizing vocab, answering to questions immediately, and making my own answer. I think I have to practice more on learning Chinese in order to resolve this issue.

3. Have you found the study method/strategy that works the best for you?

At first, I tried studying without any extra study materials. At first, it was okay since the class only covered easy things. As the time past, class materials became harder and harder and I started to use flash card. The study became much easier with steady dictation score.

4. Would you mind sharing with 大家 what has been especially helpful for you?

I won't care.

5. Is there anything you would like to let 老师 know so that we can help you better?

No clue.

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上个星期五，我跟我的同学一起去Kearny老师的presentation了。我觉的她的presentation有很多意思。我喜欢上这个presentation。他说他的experiences as a 法国的老师。She talked about how her experiences as a 法国的老师 led her to researching effect methods of IC learning in the classroom。One day when she was trying to explain the French word for suburb in a 100 level class, she realized that it is important to also teach the cultural contexts behind words。At the time, the word "Banlieue" was very culturually loaded, but her students did not have the language skills necessary for her to explain it in French. This lead her on a quest to research methods for the successful teaching of an IC learning method that provides students with cultural backgrounds relating to the language they are learning through methods such as meaning associations. We all associate certain words or phrases with ideas or images, especially in our native tongue, [an example she gave was regarding the American dream: good job, white picket fence, 2.5 kids, etc.] and it is important to incorporate this learning method when trying to effectively learn/teach a new language. I will try and apply this into my 中文de studies. 我得练习说，听，和写中文。我最喜欢学中文。

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When looking for study tips, I'm honestly not the best person to go to. I tend to procrastinate a lot and get extremely stressed when the work piles up. I usually start studying late at night in my dorm's lounge area because I eat and hang out with friends before I start doing my work. I usually go to bed around 3:30-4am, but I don't really get tired during the day. This method works for me, but I recommend you stick to what works best for you.
As for my final project, I plan to use a lot of videos, which may incorporate some dancing/singing. I hoping it turns out alright, and 老师 is satisfied with my work.

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I have studied Chinese for a while, trying to add on other languages along the way. For some reason, Chinese has been the only one that has stuck. I love the language and feel very fortunate to be able to continue learning it in college. I do have a background with the language, but I have greatly appreciated how this introductory course has gone through and broken the characters down to radicals, making each complex character much easier to understand and remember. I also like how we are forced to study each night, I think it is really helping us learn a lot of material in a very short amount of time. I will say though, like some of my classmates have mentioned, the course is incredibly fast paced. If I didn’t have previous knowledge of the language, I think I would be struggling a lot. However, our teacher is very good and does a good job reinforcing the things we learned earlier on in the semester, so I think in the end we will retain everything just fine. I am excited to see how much we can cover by the end!

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星期五，我去 Erin Kearney 的 presentation了. She gave a long lecture regarding words, the meanings behind them, and how to relate them to the use of each other using various tools such as maps. She gave a better understanding of what could make things easier for kids learning new languages. Overall, the goal is to gain a better understanding of the culture while learning a new language.

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I have always loved learning other languages which is why I decided to learn Chinese. I had a little experience with Chinese, however, nothing equivalent to the level of this class. I must say that it is one of my most favorite classes and I am truly learning more than I imagined in these short 6 weeks. It is a struggle to master the tones and formulate sentences, not to mention the memorization of the characters and meanings. However, the character system is not as random as I had imagined as learning the basic radicals really helped in learning the more complex characters that are mainly made up of the smaller radicals. I love how I am learning something new everyday and although the material requires a lot of repetition, there is always a way that 老师changes it to make it different and interesting. With dictations, learning the characters is easier when I visualize the characters as pictures. I would like to know more slang or everyday words that Chinese people use that are not in the textbooks, I think that would be really cool. I hope to someday be fluent in Chinese so that I can talk to Chinese people and learn more about their culture and they can learn about mine.

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I've had a wonderful time since the beginning of this semester! It's a really nice to go through the basics of Mandarin again. Though speaking Mandarin comes relatively easily to me, writing and reading has always been something I've wanted to work on more and this class has been really great for that. I think the daily dictations forces me to retain the vocabulary that we learn which is good because there are so many new characters every day! I think that the power points in class is very helpful and I definitely enjoy speaking with the other students in class! I appreciate the fact that we are not focusing so much time on just how to write characters, but that importance is placed on using the things we learn in actual conversation.
To help me prepare for dictations, the method that has best helped me is just rewriting characters over and over again until it becomes muscle memory.
Like previous students have said, I would love for more cultural aspects of China to be included into the class. I'm sad that I missed out on mooncakes on Friday!! One of my favorite parts of China is the cuisine so I think it would be extremely fun for us to go on a class trip to Peter Chang's one day. I'm very excited for the rest of the semester!!

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这个音乐电视有美国的音乐人和中国的音乐。这是老师最喜欢的音乐，你也喜欢吗？你最喜欢的音乐是什么？你最喜欢的音乐人是谁？

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Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends meets Great Wall Of China | The Piano Guys

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你觉得这个中国舞美不美？你也喜欢这个舞的音乐吗？音乐的名字叫《茉莉花》mo4li4hua1, Jasmine.

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【美国亚特兰大魏东升（亚专）舞校】Jasmine by Atlanta Professional Dance Academy at 2013 World Ballet Competition

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我们星期五去presentation了。Kearny 老师 是 French 老师。我觉得他的 presentation 有意思。我喜欢他的presentation 。She talked about language and how words are culturally loaded and that one must learn the different contexts and culture associated with words. The words that we learn are given meaning through culture and connection. In order to better understand culture and language, one needs to be more aware, for example, when she talked about banlieue, it was a culturally loaded word in France a decade ago and explaining that would be incredibly difficult in the amount of time she had with her student, yet going to France years later led to her discovery of a new cultural meaning of the word to simply mean "suburb", which is why it is important to keep up and learn cultural contexts of all things. It has made me want to learn the culture behind Chinese words more and convey ideas rather than just translations. 我想学中国的culture。汉字不是容易， 可是学中文是很Rewarding。我要学中文。我要练习说中文。 我也要练习写汉字。

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After taking a year-long break from learning Chinese, I've really enjoyed re-immersing myself in Chinese language and culture. Something interesting that I've noticed is that even though I've already taken three years of Chinese, there are still some basic aspects of language that I have not fully mastered. For example, like many other students, correctly pronouncing tones is something that I often struggle with, especially third tones. Also, being able to speak fluidly without pausing to search for a word or remember a tone is tricky for me. I think that the way we practice speaking aloud in class is definitely helpful in this regard. Listening to myself and others repeatedly speak the words and sentence structures we learn helps these patterns stick in my memory. Spending time repeating words, phrases, and sentences in my daily life helps as well. In order to improve, it's important for me to spend time outside of the classroom speaking Chinese either with a Chinese friend or just practicing speaking Chinese as I complete other tasks.
I agree with previous students that it would be very interesting to further delve into Chinese culture in class. I also think it could be fun to have more interactive speaking activities with all of our classmates, not just with those who sit nearest to us.

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Since the beginning of the semester, I've had a great time learning Chinese. As someone that had no prior experience or any idea of how the language worked, I'm truly amazed by the language and how beautiful it is. I really enjoy the powerpoints and the small activities we do to quiz our knowledge. Within these past weeks, I've realized one of my biggest weaknesses is definitely speaking the language. I tend to speak really slowly in order for me to pronounce my tones correctly, but it doesn't always work. I need to listen more to recordings in order to master the tones. Another problem I have, like someone before me mentioned, is forgetting past vocab words. In order to fix that, I just have to revisit past lessons to master them. So far, I'm still working out what my best strategy is that doesn't take up too many hours. Flashcards is one strategy that definitely makes things easier.

For 老师, I definitely agree with everyone before me that learning more about Chinese culture would be interesting and overall benefit our learning experience. Overall, I'm extremely glad I chose to be in this class and can't wait to continue learning the language.

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Throughout the past 6 weeks, I have enjoyed this opportunity to learn Chinese. It has been very difficult personally since I had no prior Chinese learning experience. I often feel flustered coming to class because, for many of my classmates, this is a review for them. Meanwhile, this is all new information for me. Although that may be true, I have found class very helpful. We go over vocab and how to say the words that we study for the dictation. When I study, I create flashcards for the new vocab, and then I rewrite them repeatedly in order to encode it into my memories. This is effective for me because repetition is a way for me to memorize things more easily. For me, I need to practice old vocab words because I easily forget words that we have already learned, so I need to dedicate a bit of my time to go over old vocab.

For my recommendations for 老师, I would have to agree with 马书雅 that some of the recordings for the dictation are hard to hear and understand. Additionally, I agree with everyone else before me that it would be a lot more fun in class if we had more culture lessons and activities. We would really be able to dive into the language more and enjoy the language some more.

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我这个星期五去 seminar 了. Erin Kearny 老师 started the talk by informing us that language 学习  isn't just learning new words or phrases but also learning meanings and developing individuals' meaning-making abilities. After that, she talked about her experience on the French word for suburb to explain the importance of consistent learning of cultural meanings. Therefore, 我要学习中国 culture, in order to have better understanding on 中文. Overall, it was a great presentation.

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Over the last 6 weeks, time really has flown by. I have found the structure of our class very helpful in reinforcing new vocabulary and grammar. It never seems repetitive, but instead helpful and satisfying. When I look at all of the material we have covered so far, it's almost hard to believe. We have learned so much in such a short time. I am excited to see what is to come! I have found my study habits to be generally successful. I make flash cards for new vocabulary and practicing pairing the pinyin/meaning to the character itself. This has been very effective in learning new characters for dictation. Something I struggled with early on was preparing fully for each class. By this, I mean that I would sometimes forget to check the course schedule or forget we had workbook homework in addition to Collab and dictations. Our Chinese class 同学 GroupMe has been extremely helpful in keeping me on track for class and helping everyone out in general.

If I had any recommendations for 老师, I would have to agree with 贺曼行 regarding incorporating more Chinese culture in the classroom. I took Chinese for a bit in high school, and we often discussed Chinese culture. It made learning both more interesting and informative, and it helped me connect the Chinese language itself to the culture, which made a more complete connection in my brain. Chinese culture is also very fun to celebrate and learn about! Additionally, sometimes the preview dialogue homeworks can be difficult to hear (quiet) or the speaker pronounces words differently than the textbook [however, I am able to overcome this obstacle after many times listening].

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In these past few weeks, I found that I actually remembered some of the basic aspects of Mandarin from when I was a kid which definitely surprised me and I've been really enjoying the language. I think that the hardest part for me is the pinyin as well as the pronunciation at times, but repeating the vocab and sentences have been really helpful. Going over the grammar structure in class is also quite helpful.

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这个星期五下午一点我去The International Learning in Modern Language Presentation. I heard Professor Erin Kearny talk on the meaning behind words and the impact these meanings can have on cultures around the world. She encouraged us to look into the deeper meaning of words by connecting them to the cultural significance they hold. Her example was the French word for suburbs. A shallow transition of the word is just the word for suburbs, but she wanted to connect this word to the cultural significance and the suffering that came with this word. The word relates to a totally different lifestyle than we originally think of. Professor Kearny urged us to connect the words we translate in class to their deeper meanings.

So far in Chinese class, I've had trouble learning all the new words. It is hard for me to not only write the new characters and pinyin but also I struggle to keep up with the work load. I love the language so much, but I really hope I can keep up.

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Reflecting on these past six weeks, I have come a long way in many respects, not strictly in my Chinese but in many aspects of my life. In terms of Chinese, I have enjoyed the classroom model that we have, including engaging lectures with consistent assessment and homework. I feel like such a hands-on approach to language, especially at this early stage, is entirely warranted and helps create a reliable foundation for higher learning on the subject. The most challenging part for me is, evidently, speaking the language. I have tried my best to focus particularly on pronunciation with the tones because I now realize that my weakest qualities are my listening and speaking capacity. Studying the tones and speaking them to myself as I read the dialogue or practice problems has helped me organize my knowledge so that I can recognize between homophones through distinguishing tones. Also, actively participating in class and trying to pay attention to 老师 contributes to my growth in speaking and listening.

Happily, I again feel the joy of learning Chinese. The language is poetic and lyrical, and learning how to use it is exciting. In this classroom I have started breaking bad habits and have begun understanding what have up to now been grammatical mysteries. I am excited to continue learning and I look forward to proceeding in this class.

If I had any recommendations for 老师, I would request that we could, perhaps, involve more cultural aspects into our classroom. For example, in our first quiz, we read the famous poem by 李白 and today we celebrated 中秋节. This part of studying Chinese is not only fun but enriching, so I think if we could possibly include more of it into our study of the language, it would not be misplaced.

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Time flies! You've come a long way since you started CHIN1010 back in August. It's time to pause and reflect on this journey of learning Chinese here at UVA／弗大。你觉得学中文有意思吗？What has been particularly enjoyable and challenging for you? Have you found out your strengths and weaknesses and what are your plans to address those weak links? Have you found the study method/strategy that works the best for you? Would you mind sharing with 大家 what has been especially helpful for you? Is there anything you would like to let 老师 know so that we can help you better?

These questions are there to give you some idea what you can reflect on. Feel free to go beyond these questions and reflect on whatever stands out for you. Meaningful reflection helps you be more aware of your learning process and helps you discover more of yourselves in general. I hope you find this process both meaningful for yourself and helpful for all of us as a learning community.

Unless you are the first one to post your reflection, I would like you to read over 你的同学的 reflections and relate to something they have mentioned.

Please complete this assignment by 10月1日，星期日，晚上10点。

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A sample reflection from a former student (now has finished CHIN4020. It doesn't need to be as long. What's important is to make it meaningful.)

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A sample reflection from a former student (now has finished CHIN4020. It doesn't need to be as long. What's important is to make it meaningful.)

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I always thought I would enjoy learning another language because I adore Spanish so much, and I am glad to see that I was right. Though Chinese definitely has the biggest workload of all my classes, I honestly enjoy practicing writing out the dictations and matching up radicals to figure out how to remember new characters. Just as Shannon said, it's hard to pull myself away from Chinese to do my other homework because I just know how much there is still to learn and how fantastic it will be to have a real conversation in Chinese where it doesn't take me thirty seconds to introduce myself!
At the beginning of every new lesson, I make a flashcard for each new vocabulary word, with the character on the front and the pinyin and English meaning on the back. I then go through the flashcards along with the textbook reading of them and practice repeating the words back until I can guess the words before the dialogue says them. I then practice reading the lesson textbook dialogue along with the dialogue recording to further practice recognition. I think I am going to start using 朴美爱的 technique of also writing out the dialogue to practice forming sentences of good structure because I still struggle with that quite a bit. Because of this, I have memorized both of my presentations so far ahead of time, but that's pretty difficult, and I need to figure out a way to practice communicating my thoughts on the spot.

I also am still struggling with pronouncing tones, but I think that is mostly due to how slowly I speak. When I speak more quickly, my tones come out a lot more fluidly, so I think I just need to practice speaking on my own more. Lastly, to help with tones, I just downloaded the textbook CDs onto my phone, just as 欧揎灵 has suggested in class a few times, and I plan to listen to them on my way to class/while I do my homework just to familiarize myself with the correct pronunciation of Chinese speech. My goal for this week is to understand sentence structure enough to improvise parts of my presentation.

Chinese is a hard language to break down into parts, with pinyin and radicals and tones and characters, but the fact that we can all give a short presentation after only a couple of weeks really speaks to 老师's teaching method and our hard work. I can't wait to learn more! 大家加油jia1you！

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这是一张我两岁的生日。

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我两岁的照片 by 潘舒婧

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我两岁的照片 by 潘舒婧

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中国朋友  by 郭嘉盛

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中国朋友  by 郭嘉盛

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我的生日一九九八年五月三十号。 今天我十九岁。

我的中国朋友的生日一九九七年八月八号。今天他二十岁。他喜欢中国菜因为他是中国人。

A: 你好！你这星期六晚上有事人吗？

B: 不是。 我没有事人。

A：太好了。我请你吃晚饭，怎么样？

B：太好了。再见！

A: 再见！

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中国朋友家  by 郭嘉盛

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中国朋友家  by 郭嘉盛

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中国朋友的家 by 马书雅

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中国朋友的家 by 马书雅

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大家好！我的中国朋友也叫Sophie。她的家有三口人：妈妈、一个姐姐、和她。这是我的中国朋友的照片。她的妈妈叫Sue。她的妈妈是律师。她的姐姐叫Susan。她的姐姐是大学生在McGill University。我的家有四口人：爸爸
妈妈、姐姐、和我。我们都有一个姐姐。我的姐姐还也是大学生，但是我的姐姐上Amherst College。我的妈妈不都有工作。我的爸爸是商人。

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中国朋友的家 by 马书雅

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中国朋友的家 by 马书雅

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这是我的中国朋友的姐姐。

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中国朋友家 by 董瑞秋

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中国朋友家 by 董瑞秋

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大家好！我家有四口人：我爸爸，我妈妈，一个哥哥，和我。我爸爸叫Michael。我妈妈叫Lisa。我哥哥叫Sean。我妈妈是老师。我爸爸是分析师。我哥哥是分析师。他们都是分析师。这是我的中文朋友。他姓王。他叫Albert。他家也有四口人：他爸爸，他妈妈，一个哥哥。他爸爸叫Daniel。他妈妈叫Wendy。他哥哥叫Victor。他爸爸是商人。他妈妈是秘书。他哥哥是大学生。我家和他叫都有四口人。

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我家有六口人。我妈妈，两个爸爸， 一个姐姐，一个弟弟， 和我。我爸爸是工程师。我妈妈是商人。我姐姐和弟第都是学生。我的中国朋友是学生。他家友五口人。他妈妈，他爸爸，一个弟弟， 一个哥哥， 和他。他妈妈是家庭主妇。他爸爸是退休。他弟弟没有工作。他哥哥有工作。

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大家好！这是我的中国朋友。他姓黄。他家有四口人。他家有爸爸，妈妈，一个姐姐，和他。他爸爸是software engineer。他妈妈是家庭主妇（jia1ting2zhu3fu4)。他姐姐是商人。他姐姐爱她的工作。我家也有四口人。我家有爸爸，妈妈，一个姐姐，和我。我爸爸是工程师。我妈妈是government worker。我姐姐是大学生。我的中国朋友有一只狗。我有一只兔子(tu4zi, rabbit)。我们都有宠物(chong3wu4, pet)。我们都有一个姐姐。我们都没有弟弟。

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中国朋友的家 by 梅颖怡

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中国朋友的家 by 梅颖怡

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大家好。这是我的中国朋友的照片。她家有二口人。有妈妈和她。她妈妈是商人 （shang1ren2)。我的中国朋友没有工作。 他是大学生。我家有三口人。有妈妈，一个弟弟， 和我。  我妈妈也是商人。所以 （suo3yi3) 我妈妈和我的朋友的妈妈都是商人。我的弟弟没有工作。他是中学生

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中国朋友的家 by 司丽霞

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中国朋友的家 by 司丽霞

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中国朋友的家 by 魏瑄灵

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中国朋友的家 by 魏瑄灵

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中国朋友家 by 梁弘哲

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中国朋友家 by 梁弘哲

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中国朋友的家 by 孟文思

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中国朋友的家 by 孟文思

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中国朋友的家 by 高明秀

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中国朋友的家 by 高明秀

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大家好！ 我叫高明秀。我家有四口人。我爸爸， 我妈妈， 我弟弟和我。这是我的照片。我的爸爸是一个CEO，我妈妈是一个家庭主妇(jia1 ting2 zhu3 fu4, housewife), 我弟弟是学生。我的中国朋友家有三口人。他爸爸， 他妈妈和他。他的爸爸是一个CFO，他的妈妈是一个会计(kuai4 ji4, accountant)。

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中国朋友的家 by 潘舒婧

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中国朋友的家 by 潘舒婧

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大家好！我姓梁，和我叫梁弘哲。我是美国人。我也是中国人。这是我的朋友。他姓谭（tan1)。他叫嗣俊(si4jun4)。他是中国人和是广州人。他也是大学生。他爱蓝球(lan1qiu1)和唱歌(chang1ge2)。我很高兴认识他。

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大家好！我叫(jiao4)诚安。 我不是中国人。我是美国人。   我是中文学生。我的(wo3 de1)中国朋王。 他叫楷崴。  他是中国人。  他是学生。他爱学程(ta1 ai4 xue2cheng2)师的工作(shi1 de1 gong1zuo4。 他具有(ta1 ju4you3)有几口(ji3 kou3三口人。

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大家好！我姓付。我叫付安明。 我不是中国人。我是美国人。 我是中文学生。我的中国朋友姓张。他叫润秋。
他是中国人。他是学生。他爱学数学。

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大家好！我姓孟。我叫孟文思。我是美国人。我住在(zhu4 zai4)弗吉尼亚(fu2ji2ni2ya4)。我不是纽约(niu3yue1)人。现在(xian4zai4)我是中文学生。这(zhe4)是我的朋友 。  她 姓过 (guo4)。 她 叫过以客 (guo4yi3ke4)。 她 也是学生。她是中国 人。我很高兴认识她。

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大家好！我姓马。我叫马书雅。我是美国人，住在 （zhu4zai4）新泽西（xin1ze2xi1）。这（zhe4）是我的中国朋友。 她姓胡（hu2）。她叫 胡思逸（hu2si1yi4），但是我叫她“Linda“。 她是中国人。思逸住在武汉（wu3han4）。她是学生。除了数学以外，她还爱学business。她喜欢看书（kan4shu1），听音乐（ting1yin1yue4），和玩电脑游戏（wan2dian4nao3you2xi4）。我喜欢跟思逸一起说！

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大家好！我姓李，我叫安美。我是一半(yi1ban4, half)中国人一半韩国(han2guo2, Korea)人。我是中文学生。我的中国朋友姓邱。她叫星月。她是中国人。 她不是老师, 她是学生。她爱学生物(sheng1wu4, biology)。星月很好！

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这个星期五，我去Symposium了。我看见Erin Kearney 说话了。她说intercultural learning in modern language education can be helpful in learning a language了. Rather than just learning the language, 学生 should learn about the culture where the language comes from. When a 学生is able to invest them fully into a culture, it makes the attainment of language much easier. There was a part that really inspired me and that I could relate to. She said that when you learn a language, you aren't trying to be 人who speak that language, but you are using your resources to try and express yourself to different 人. I could relate this to 中文课 because I'm definitely not the best 中文 speaker in 课, but that's not my goal. I strive to just learn and language that is intriguing and new to me. As long as I am actively trying to learn, I think that's what matters the most.
我学习中文很多。中文很难因为我学慢。我写汉字写很慢可是我懂问题有题点一容易。语法很难因为语法英文不同（bu4tong2， different）。 我平常晚上在弗吉尼亚家复习中文。 我喜欢中文课因为我的同学很好。我的老师也很好。我真喜欢中文课和中文。 我希望（xi1wang4, want） 说话中文很好可是说话中文很难。

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大家好！我姓司。我叫司丽霞。我不是中国人，我是美国人。我是中文学生。我的中文老师姓黄。他是中国人。我的中国朋友姓（zhang1）。她叫（xin1yue4）。她不是美国人，她是中国人。她是学生，我也是学生。他爱学英语，可是我不爱学英语，我爱学中文。