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自我介绍 Self-Introduction
Assignment
In Chinese, create a dialogue between two people in which they meet and introduce themselves to each
other. Your dialogue can take whatever form you choose. Some possible options include:
 A comic strip
 A PowerPoint presentation (print it out, and write the dialogue by hand)
 A play (stage directions may be in English)
 A short film
Each person in the dialogue must provide the following information about himself or herself:
 Surname
 Given name
 Whether he or she studies (or teaches) Chinese
 Where he or she lives
 His or her cell phone number
 His or her email address
Your dialogue must include:
 One person asking the other how he or she is

One person asking the other whether he or she knows someone else (using 认识)


A statement or question using 知道
Questions using the following:
o 呢
o 吗
o 哪儿
o 什么

o 多少
The people saying goodbye to each other
You should be able to complete this assignment using only the vocabulary that we have learned so far in
class.
The assignment is due at the start of class on Thursday, January 24.
This assignment will count as a test grade.
Grading
Below is the rubric I will use to grade your assignment.
Completeness 10 points
10: The assignment is
complete and on time.
8: The assignment is
complete but late, or
mostly complete.
6: The assignment is
mostly complete and
late.
4: The assignment is
not very complete or
more than three days
late.
2: The assignment is
not complete or more
than one week late.
8: The student put
good effort into the
assignment.
6: The student tried,
but not very hard.
4: The work shows a
lack of effort.
2: The student clearly
put very little effort
into the work.
8: The assignment
contains some minor
mistakes.
6: The assignment
contains a couple of
major mistakes or
many minor mistakes.
4: There are enough
mistakes that some
meaning is lost.
2: Mistakes in
grammar and/or usage
make the project
difficult to understand.
8: The student did not
use a lot of
vocabulary, and/or
there are some minor
mistakes.
6: The vocabulary used
is limited, and/or
there are a couple of
major mistakes or
many minor mistakes.
4: The project is
missing enough
vocabulary or has
enough mistakes that
some meaning is lost.
2: Vocabulary
mistakes make the
project difficult to
understand.
8: The project is
detailed and creative.
6: The project contains
some creative
elements.
4: The student stuck to
generic ways of doing
things.
2: The project contains
no evidence of
creative effort.
6: The student wrote
sloppily, or the
characters contain a
couple of major
mistakes or many
minor mistakes.
4: The characters are
either sloppy enough
or have enough
mistakes that some
meaning is lost.
2: The characters are
either sloppy enough
or contain enough
mistakes that the
project is difficult to
understand
4: The student rarely
uses tones, and/or
consistently
mispronounces words.
2: The student does
not use tones, or
errors in
pronunciation make
the project difficult to
understand.
Effort 10 points
10: It is clear that the
student put a lot of
effort into the
assignment.
Grammar 10 points
10: Grammar is used
correctly overall.
Vocabulary 10 points
10: The vocabulary
used is varied, and all
vocabulary is used
correctly.
Creativity 10 points
10: The student took
creative risks and
made something
unique.
Characters (in a written project) 10 points
10: The characters are
all neatly and correctly
written.
8: The characters
contain some minor
mistakes.
Pronunciation (in an oral project) 10 points
10: The student uses
tones well, and
pronounces words
correctly overall.
8: The student’s
pronunciation
contains some minor
mistakes.
6: The student’s
pronunciation
contains many minor
mistakes.