A Letter

Dear laoshi, 

On our first day of class, you asked us to answer 3 questions; the purpose we took this subject (mubiao), our promise to learn Chinese (chengnuo), and how we could learn the Chinese language in the duration of 3-4 months (zenyang xuexi).

Firstly, the purpose I took Chinese language as my elective is because living in a country whereby there is a diversity of race; mainly Malay, Chinese and Indian, I feel like it is a need to pick up another language that is spoken by our society. It would bridge the gap that we have between races even closer and we could understand each other even better. Chinese language, based on my observation, seems to be useful in job scopes requirements too. Thus, learning this language will give me an extra advantage that I could add on my resume someday. Hence, I find Chinese language unique as it has such a distinctive way of writings and pronunciations compared to my usual lingua franca (Malay) and also the universal language, English.

Secondly, my promise, in learning Chinese is that I will try my best to memorize the words I learned in every class sessions and to also apply the words on my daily conversation with my friends. I promise to brush up my fluency in Chinese and to practice the proper pronunciations everytime I learn new words. I will also try me best to make sure that by the end of this semester, I am able to converse in Chinese confidently. 

Thirdly, I hope that I can learn Chinese language during this 3-4 months in the most interactive and interesting ways possible. I hope we would have interactive team activities that allow us to improve our skills in speaking Chinese. I also hope that we could learn through games or songs that would help us memorize better. 

That is all from me, xie xie.