Learning Journal 1

 1. 大家好,我叫 Chirag. 我现在还没有中文名字,所以你们可以叫我 Chirag. 我是印度人,但是小时候,我的爸爸和妈妈去中国工作。我跟他们一起去。所以五岁以后,我住在广州。我很喜欢在广州长大。我小学和中学去国际学校。我的学校的朋友们不是中国人,所以我只会说一点中文。在广州,很多人不会说英文,所以我学了一点中文。我去超市的时候说中文。


2. 我想说中文因为我想跟我的爸爸在广州工作。毕业以后,我想去中国,和在中国我们不能说英文。在我的爸爸的公司,我们想说一点中文,因为我的爸爸的中文很好。他会帮我练习。


3. I want to be able to have a full 10-minute conversation with a Chinese person who does not speak any English by the end of the term. 


4. One time, I had a job interview with a company where I said I could speak Chinese because I grew up in China. I did not realize I had to be very fluent. When the interview started, I was unable to converse and they ended the interview early because they were looking for someone who could speak Chinese. 


5. I want to be able to speak Chinese very quickly without thinking of the next word. I want to make high vocabulary words a part of my daily language so that it is very natural to use them. My friend told me that he will have the conversation with me to test this and let me know if it looks like I am thinking about the next word or am slowing down. He will especially let me know if I'm more confident, which is a good way to measure it. 

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