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HAOHSIANG LIAO: Whenever you
have interaction with people,

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you leave impressions.

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You are evaluated.

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So that's a very basic,
fundamental idea.

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We want to give evaluation to
our students each performance.

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That means each class.

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And the second thing
is we are convinced

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that, as long as students
are persistent and consistent

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in their efforts to
take this course,

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they can demonstrate very
good skills in Chinese.

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So because of those two reasons,
we adopt a daily grading system

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here.

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So usually, after
class, we provide

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feedback to each student's
performance in class--

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including language, including
his cultural behavior--

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so that students know what to
improve for the next sessions.

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We usually do written feedback.

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So we use an online-- we have
a website called Engrade.

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So besides entering grades,
you can also leave comments

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to each student privately.

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So each student, as
long as they get access

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into their website
to their account,

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they will read the comments
from the instructor.

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So the comments--
it really depends

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on the student's performance.

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It can be as simple
as, you know, pay

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attention to the
following pronunciations.

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It can be a little
bit more elaborated.

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For example, think
about, how are you

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going to deal with
compliments in Chinese?

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For example, this is another
example I always like to use.

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In American culture, when
you receive a compliment,

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it's very natural for
you to say thank you.

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For example, your
Chinese is very good.

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You say, thank you.

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Your English is good.

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Thank you.

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However, being humble
is the way when

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you receive a compliment
in Chinese culture.

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You don't accept it
by saying thank you.

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Sometimes you say things,
for example, like,

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there's still a long way for
me to go, so it's too far.

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Oh, I don't know where the
compliments come from. [LAUGHS]

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So yeah, the fundamental
idea in Chinese culture

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about compliments
is to remain humble.

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So if the student's performance
in class is from his L1,

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we will encourage
them and give them

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the feedback by
thinking about, how

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do you deal with compliments
in Chinese culture,

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according to a textbook
where everything

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is based on the materials
we cover in class?

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So students can know
this is something

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that they can work on.