1. College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Anthropology,Sociology
and Languages
544 Clark Hall
One University Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri63121
314-516-5251
FAX: 314-516-6237
Email: lefush@umsl.edu
February 11, 2013
To whom it may concern:
I am writing this reference letter at Pengyuan Zhang’s request. Pengyuan worked as a
Chinese tutor for my students at University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) in 2009.
I hired Pengyuan, among the many native speakers of Chinese, because he appeared to
be an easy-going, patient and calm person with a good sense of responsibility. He was
such a quick learner that it only took him half an hour to get familiar with the rules of the
tutoring program. He proved to be well-liked by my students. Those at a lower level
made progress due to his tutoring. Pengyuan was always ready to help with the events
organized by China-America Corner, an active UMSL student organization that promotes
language and cultural exchange at UMSL. As far as I know, Pengyuan is also a nice and
kind young man who gets along very well with all those who know him. After working as
a Chinese tutor for a year, he willingly resigned so that another student who urgently
needed a job could take the position.
I have not taught Pengyuan any courses and thus am not aware of her intellectual
potential, academic or scholarly achievements. However, Pengyuan proved himself
cooperative, reliable and competent as a Chinese tutor. I believe that he will be able to
master advanced study in his chosen field if admitted.
Sincerely,
Fushun Le
Fushun Le
Lecturer in Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, UMSL
Faculty Advisor, China-America Corner, UMSL