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Chinese Class Survey

Name: Yibing Zhang Year of your study in the upcoming semester: Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Major of study: Molecular and Cell Biology 1. Were you raised in a home where Mandarin or another Chinese dialect was spoken? Yes No 2. Parents birthplace: Father China Mother China Email address: yibingzhang14@yahoo.com

3. If they were not born in the US, how old were they when they came to the US? Father 37 Mother 39

4. What is your parents native Chinese dialect? (Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.) Native language/dialect Father Mother Mandarin Mandarin Second language/dialect English English

5. Where were you born? China 6. If foreign-born, how old were you when you came to the US? 7 7. If you were born in a Chinese speaking country, did you receive any formal education there? If Yes, the highest grade you completed: 2nd Grade 8. Check yes or no for the following questions. 8-1. Do you have elder brother(s)? 8-2. Do you have elder sister(s)? 8-3. Do you have younger brother(s)? 8-4. Do you have younger sister(s)? 9. Have you ever lived with your grandparents? Yes No 9-1. If you have never lived with your grandparents, have you ever visited them? Yes how often? 1 No at what age and for how long? starting at 2 years old and until I was 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No

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10. What language/dialect do your parents speak to each other? Mandarin 10-1. How often do they speak Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.) to each other? Specify Mandarin, Cantonese, etc. All the time Most of time Sometimes Seldom Never Mandarin

11. What language(s) do your parents speak to other people? English, Mandarin 12. What language do your parents speak to YOU most of the time? 12-1. Father speaks to you 12-2. Mother speaks to you Mandarin Mandarin

13. What language do you speak most of the time? 13-1. To your father 13-2. To your mother 13-3. To your grandparents 13-4. To your siblings 13-5. To your friends 13-6. To other people Mandarin Mandarin Mandarin N/A English English

14. Have you taken any formal Chinese classes before? 14-1.
Where? China China until 2nd grade and US till 5th grade When? kindergarden elementary school Hrs/week? 40hrs/wk 40hrs/wk in China and 4hrs/wk in US Chinese school

Yes

No

For how long? 4 Semesters / Quarters / Months 4 Semesters / Quarters / Months

middle school high school

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college other (specify)

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14-2. What was the highest level of Chinese you completed? Please specify: Beginning Intermediate Advanced Other (specify) 14-3. What textbook(s) have you used? Elementary school textbooks in China in grades 1 & 2 14-4. What dialect(s) have you learned? (Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.) Mandarin 14-5. What pronunciation system have you learned? BoPoMoFo Pinyin 14-6. How many characters have you learned then? Do not know 15. Have you taken the following tests? 15-1. SAT II Chinese 15-2. Chinese AP exam Yes Yes No No Your score: 780 Your score: Yes No Your result: Chinese100XA

15-3. Berkeley Chinese language placement test

16. When someone speaks Chinese in an informal situation, how much do you estimate you understand? (1% - 100%) Mandarin 75% Your dialect (specify) , % 17. When you watch TV in Chinese without subtitle, how much do you estimate you understand? (1% - 100%) Mandarin 65% Your dialect (specify) , % 18. Rate your proficiency in Chinese. Specify Mandarin, Cantonese etc. 18-1. Dialect 1: Mandarin None 0
Listening Speaking Reading Writing

Fluent 5

18-2. Dialect 2: None 3 Fluent

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19. What other languages do you speak? Rate your overall proficiency in these languages. Languges English None 0 1 2 3 4 Fluent 5

20. Have you ever gone to China/Taiwan? When? For how long? I was born in China and lived there until I was seven. Afterwards, I went back to visit my relatives the summers after my elementary school graduation (2006 for 2 weeks) and my high school graduation (2012 for 2 weeks. 21. What are the reasons for you to learn Mandarin Chinese now? Since all of my relatives and extended family reside in China, I want to learn Mandarin Chinese to better communicate with them and keep our relations as family.