Spring Festival
College Life
Food
Geography
Surprise
100

This is a traditional food often made by families during Spring Festival. 

Dumplings

100

Third-year students are also called _________

Juniors

100

List 3 synonyms for the word "delicious"

Good

Scrumptious 

Delectable

Mouth-watering

Flavorful

Yummy

100

This continent contains the Amazon River and the Andes Mountains.

South America

100
Describe your Monday schedule using 3 words discussed in class.

Could include any of the following:

busy, packed, crazy, full, available, free, empty

200

What is a promise you make to yourself at the beginning of the year?

New Year's Resolution

200

True or False

The foreign teachers live in the Foreign Expert's Department.

False

(They live in the Foreign Expert's Apartments)

200

True or False

When describing a delicious dish, Americans often say, "It is toothsome."

False

200

True OR False

Hockey is the most popular sport in Canada.

True

200

Correct or Incorrect

My grandma is an excellent cooker!

Incorrect

My grandma is an excellent cook.

300

List 2 verbs usually used with the word "decorations."

Hang

Put up

Paste

300

List two differences between North American colleges and Chinese colleges (from Week 3, Lesson 2: College Life)

Answers will vary. 

Possible answers:

-Students are not required to live on-campus

-Some students will get married while in college

-There are no class monitors

-The same group of students do not take all of their classes together

-Students often pay for their own college tuition

-Students who fail a class must retake the whole class

300

Explain how to make eggs and tomatoes.

Must use the "Grammar Structure for Describing Dishes" phrases from Week 4.

This dish is made with...

This dish includes...

To make this dish, first you...

300

Correct or Incorrect

Chengdu is in the westsouth of China.

Incorrect

Chengdu is in the southwest...

300

What are three cooking methods used to prepare dumplings?

Boil, fry, and steam
400

Make a prediction about your foreign teacher in 20 years.

Answers will vary. 

Must use the grammar structure "will"

Example: Miss Hudson will have 13 children.

400

Is this statement correct or incorrect:

Before I came to Siping, I think it was a big city, but now I know it is actually a small city.

Incorrect

Before I came to Siping, I thought it was...

400

List 4 adjectives used to describe the texture of a food.

Answers will vary. May include any of the following:

-crunchy

-chewy

-tough

-sticky

Could also include...

-fatty

-greasy/oily

400

Describe the location of Jilin Province.

Answers will vary.

Must use the following phrases:

• Jilin is [north/south/east/west]...

• Jilin is [above/below/beside/next to]...

• Jilin is between B and C...

400

Describe the taste of stinky tofu.

Answers will vary. 

Must use strong adjective discussed in Lesson 3: Food (Week 4). (Do not use delicious or bad)

500

Make one New Year's Resolution 

Must use one of the following grammar structures:

This year, I'm going to...

Another thing I'm going to do is...

I'm also going to...

500

Discuss the expectations you had about your foreign teachers before you came to JLNU.

Must use the Grammar for Expectations phrases from Lesson 2: College Life (Week 3). Must use the correct verb tense (past + present/future)

500

What means "specific foods used to prepare a dish"?

Ingredients

500

Describe the city of Siping.

Answers will vary.

Must use the following phrases:

•It is…

•People say…

•I think…

•Something you need to know about…

•If you go there you should…

500

Use at least 5 vocabulary words from Lesson 2: College Life (Week 3) to describe your experience as a freshman student at JLNU.

Answers will vary. Must include at least 5 vocabulary words from Lesson 2 and use standard pronunciation.