Reflections

Self-Reflections:

Muhammad Nizam:

I have learnt a lot through the video podcast session. I was able to understand the contexts and situations in which the words were used, as well as learning new words along the way. Our interviewee, Kong Ming was really helpful to us in correcting our pronunciations along the way. Not only that, I also learnt a lot from my team members, given the diverse background that we have. We helped each other out to make sure we know our tasks well and also to help us improve together as a group so that we can better converse and communicate in Chinese more efficiently.

Sinchita:

I feel that the video podcast was a great opportunity for us to make use or the words that we had learnt from lessons. Additionally, having a native speaker in the video helped us to become aware of our pronounciation of the words and the appropriate intonation.

Patty:

I have improved my communication skills greatly, especially the listening and speaking skills. As a result, this pushes me to further my Chinese studies and inspire me to go on a more advance level course at my home university. My linguistic performance enhance in an unexpected manner.

Chang Min:

Through the video podcast project, I was able to realize how the phrases and vocabularies we have learnt were applied in everyday life. Compared to Chinese 1, the conversations that we could have with native speaker became much more flexible with many variations to convey our messages. This project has spurred me to study harder for Chinese and take initiatives to learn new phrases and words to improve on my conversational skills and understanding of Chinese culture.

Kathy:

I stopped learning Chinese in Primary 4 because I was not doing well in school and could not understand the words due to my dyslexia. But through the interactive classroom learning experience and this video podcast, I am regaining my confidence to learn Chinese again. This course has provided a much more interesting way of learning Chinese, and it does so with greater emphasis on the language’s real-world applications, rather than learning it through a rigid academic syllabus where we just do questions and papers over and over again. In this project, I was able to work with others keen to learn Chinese (a first for me!). Additionally, the native speaker that helped us allowed me to refine my pronunciation skills as well, since it’s difficult for me to find native Chinese speakers to emulate. For these reasons, I am glad to have been able to take LAC2201 this semester.