Speaking Circle Meeting 1 Report

Speaking Circle Meeting 1 Report

Abdulrahman Alsafrani

Shouyou Wen

Tianzheng Gao

Chanho Lee

Summary

We met on Monday 2-2-15 at the International Center at MSU more than one hour. First of all, we introduced each other deeply. Then, we discussed the plan for speaking circle in this semester. After that, everyone talked about his culture briefly, such as food and language, and everyone wrote his name in his own language. Next, we talked about the cost of living in the US and tuition for studying in university. Finally, we decided to meet next Monday and talk about favorite movies and books. Actually, the most memorable moment of our gathering when everyone wrote his name in his own language, and when we took a selfie

     Respons

Indeed, it was a great meeting and a good opportunity to exchange experience, culture, and practice English, even if the members of my group are not native English speaker. I really enjoyed that meeting and learned many things. For example, Lee talked about his sister. Her accomplishments are amazing, so she has six languages, she graduated with only two years, and she spent most of time on studying. So, I learned from that working hard is the way to succeed, and there is nothing impossible if you work hard. In addition, we found that some significant aspects of our cultures are 

 .similar

  Analysis of communication

In class, we decided to meet on Monday 2-2-15. It was easy to communicate, and everyone came on time. In fact, I did not face a big difficulty speaking only English because my group talked clearly, and I believe that my English language has improved over the time. Also, even if we are from different cultures, I did not have any languages ​​or culture barriers. I think that coming to the meeting 
with some preparation about the topics would make our meeting much productive and helpful