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HAOHSIANG LIAO: We conduct
the class entirely in Chinese

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starting from day two,
after orientation.

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So if they need
orientation, we clearly

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tell students about
roles and expectations.

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I would say there are a
few key components here

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to make it happen.

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The first one is we tell
students that our idea here

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is that we're trying
to create Chinese

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as an atmosphere as possible.

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And if we were to refer to
English every few minutes,

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it's going to be
impossible to accomplish.

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So in order to do this, there
are a few key components.

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One is classroom expressions.

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So students, they
need to be familiar

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with those instructions
you want them to do.

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For example, you want
them to repeat after you,

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or you want them to
answer questions.

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So the classroom expressions
are very important.

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Second thing is they
need to know what they

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are expected to do in class.

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So that is about your
weekly schedules--

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that detail, everything you
want them to do in class.

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So for example, you need
to tell students what they

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need to prepare before class.

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And in class you only
practice-- you only drill them

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based on those materials.

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So what they do in class
is what they've prepared.

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And with the
classroom expressions,

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they're pretty
easily guided by you

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so that the whole interaction
can be in Chinese.

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And, of course, we
do understand that,

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because of the anxieties-- or
sometimes students cannot fully

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understand what you say.

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In that case, we always tell
students be a little bit

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patient.

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If you really have questions
you need to ask in English,

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there are a couple
of things you can do.

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You can do it the last
five minutes of class.

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Or you can do it after class.

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Or you can communicate with
your instructor via email.

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But for the first 45
minutes, we really

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want to create the
Chinese atmosphere

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so that everybody
can feel they're

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immersed in that culture.

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So this is what
we're trying to do.

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And I think after, I would say,
the two days or three days,

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students-- as long as you
stick to the principle

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and also be
accommodating sometimes,

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they would know
this is expected.

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And I would say after
three days they usually can

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follow along very, very well.