Author Archives: Isabella Kim

On this week, I took my final exam. I had 4 tests in total, including 3 reading and 1 writing. The preparation was not that difficult because I knew that I could not cram for it. Before the exam, I … Continue reading →

On this Friday, I did my speaking test. From my memory, the phrases that I planned to say and actually said include “一般来说”，”随便”,”不管—都”. On the other hand, I was not able to say “又是—又是“， ”Verb–不Verb“ and etc. During the test, … Continue reading →

On the weekend, I met my language exchange partner. In the beginning of the week 1, ICLP asked students whether they want to be partnered with NTU students. I wanted to have a Taiwanese friend so said yes immediately. In … Continue reading →

Having attended ICLP for a month, I started feeling a little bit exhausted by the repetitive life of taking 4 hour long classes and doing 4 hour long homework. On Friday, the school held a speech day where students over level … Continue reading →

As it turns out, week 3’s materials mostly include new vocabulary and grammar. It was my first time to learn the uses of “找，上，起，动 etc” in detail. I tried to understand it by reading a lot of example sentences but … Continue reading →

Week 3 In this week, I did my first speech at ICLP. I was made to do several speeches in Wang Laoshi’s class at Williams so I had no difficulties in crafting the text. I had two speeches, one about … Continue reading →

After the school week, I went to Jiufen old street. Via research, I found the name Jiufen represents the fact that there were only nine families in the town. The area was initially known for mining but as time past, … Continue reading →

In the beginning of the first week, I went to the orientation event. I was overwhelmed by a number of passionate Chinese learners and got excited about the next 8 weeks. I had to sign a language pledge which ensures … Continue reading →