Second Meeting of Speaking Circle

Chenyang Huang

SL Class

Mrs. Levine

2nd Report

Feb. 20th 2015

Team Name

1, Heba Alkhamis

2, Hanan Alalwan

3, Feng Zhang

4, Chenyang Huang

Report#2

       On February 19th, our team had the second meeting in MSU Art Museum, and this building is amazing like our team. This is the first time for me to go to art museum, I always see it on the way to class, but never come in. Our topic for this meeting is the most important festival in your country, because this week on Wednesday is the Chinese New Year which is the most important festival for Chinese. Feng and I introduced our Chinese New Year for Hanan and Heba, and they felt very interesting about it. In Chinese New Year, we always have a family union, and watch Spring Festival Gala together to celebrate. The essential part of Spring Festival is dumpling, and in this day, all of Chinese eat dumplings, because it symbolize happiness. Although we study in America and cannot union with our family, we can celebrate with our friends and eat dumplings in Chinese restaurant. My partner Heba and Hanan come from Saudi Arabia, and the most important festival in their country is Kerkien. They told me that kids in Saudi Arabia wear the traditional clothes and  knock the door for candy or other good, and it sounds like Halloween in America. However, people in Saudi Arabia would like to watch firework in Kerkien. During this festival people are very excited, kids start thinking of what to wear. Also, people can buy some special goods for celebrating Kerkien.

       In general, this meeting was very great, I learn some cultural events in Saudi, and Hanan and Heba talked about many interesting things during festival. Our conversation is successful, although sometimes we cannot find a word to describe something, we can understand each other. I think next meeting will be greater.