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我叫孔宁锟，我上STEM中学八年级。Learning Mandarin Chinese and
Chinese culture at the NIHF STEM Middle School has been an amazing
experience. During the past two years, I have learned many, many
things while taking Chinese and I have pushed myself to do better
and learn something new every day. I have also learned Mandarin
Chinese and Chinese culture in many different ways. The two main
ways I learn Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture are through
collaboration with other students and doing projects.
First, collaboration with other students has been a major way I
learn Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture. Having conversations in
Chinese with my classmates has helped my conversational skills
improve a drastic amount. Conversations with classmates also
simulate real-life situations where I would have conversations in
Chinese with future business partners or just for fun. Collaboration
with classmates also makes learning more interesting and fun because
it allows us to work together to solve problems and advance our
knowledge in Chinese. When we are given a problem or sentence in
Chinese we need to solve, the class works together to find the
meaning or solution to the problem or sentence. Finally,
collaboration allows us to all learn at a constant rate so every
student understands the criteria taught and can the best grades
possible. That is why collaboration has been a major way I learn
Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture.
Second, projects have also been a major way I learn Chinese. For
example, Writing a small story allowed me to put what I have learned
language-wise into context and write a story. We did a project where
we had to cook food and bring it into class. This project allowed me
to find out Chinese meanings to certain foods like noodles and
dumplings. The biggest project which was also a performance, the
Chinese New Year project, helped me learn the 12 zodiacs and their
meanings, and also many things that mean good luck in China. It also
improved my knowledge of Mandarin Chinese by knowing how to ask
Chinese New Year related questions and how to respond to them. The
performances taught me the symbolic meanings that some dances have
to Chinese culture. All of the things I have learned based on what I
did in projects have drastically improved my knowledge in Mandarin
Chinese and Chinese culture.
Collaboration with other students and doing projects are the two
main ways I learn Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture.
Collaboration with other students allows me to solve problems
quicker, have better conversation skills, and become more fluent in
Mandarin Chinese. Doing projects has improved my knowledge of
Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture all around and it especially
helps me find out meanings and special cultural aspects of China.
Overall, Projects and collaboration have been the two main and most
efficient ways I learn Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture. 孔宁锟 |
