Heba Alkhamis

SL class

Ms. Levine

Report #1

2-15-15

Team Names:

1-      Heba alkhamis

2-      Hanan Alalwan

3-      Feng Zhang

4-      Chenyang

Report #1

(Summary) Feng Zhang, Hanan alalwan, and Chenyyang are my group for the speaking circle. In 2-2-15 we went together to Starbucks in Wells Hall to talk together for our assignment we talked together for one hour. We talked about many subjects, such as dating, Chinese culture, Saudi culture, and our classes. Me, Feng, and Hanan were already knew each other because we were in the same section last semester, so we were talking easily together. Feng and Chenyang, our Chinese classmates was interesting about dating in Saudi Arabia, so he asked me and Hanan couple of questions. For example, can have a boyfriend in your country? What will happened if your parents knew that you went in a date?  The answers for their questions were related to our religion, so Hanan and I tried to answer their question by the easiest way, so they can understand Saudis’ opinion about dating, and we did. Fang studied the high in America, so I asked him about his experiences. He said that he learned many things when he lived in America without his family to study the high school. After that, Chenyang told us about a very delicious drink in Starbucks. We tied and it was really delicious. After that we stared to talk about our Academic classes. We talked especially about the math exams that we took. We were complaining about them because the exams were hard.

(Response)Feng, Hanan, and I were knew each other, so were felt comfortable while we were talking together. Also we felt comfortable while we were talking to Chanyang. He is a humorous person, so we were laughing together.  I really liked my group and I enjoyed talking with them. I wish that they felt the same.

(Analysis of Communication) I did not face many communication problems in our meeting because Hanan is my friend and we are from the same country, so we were helping each other to answer our classmates’ questions, especially when they asked us about the dating. The only problem we faced was finding a free day to meet in. It is very difficult to find a good time for all of us to meet. Every person has different classes in different times, so this was the reason for the problem.