4th MEETING

Fatima
Shymah

Colas
Jane

Summary: On Wednesday, March ,4 ,2015, right after our listening and speaking class, my group and I met at the International Center. We talked about each one plan of how she will spend the time in Spring break. Jane planned to spend the break in California, where her family’s friends live there, so she can spend some time with them. I did not have a concise plan, but I thought I might go Chicago to visit my friend who invited me many times but I didn't. Colas told to me that Chicago is a danger place. She was in Chicago visiting her friend when a gang of criminal shot people. At this point, Shymah said that all cities in Saudia Arabia are safe. Then she asked whether there are such dangerous places in China or not. Jane told us about an opponent group in west China where they have fought against the government for long time.

Response: I had nice time with my group. They are patient and polite. When we met at beginning I thought there is nothing to talk about, but once we started the time went fast, and one hour went like few minutes. Talking about our different cultures and opinions is a great experience. I learnt many things about China and Saudia Arabia during these meetings. We got know each other more and more with every meeting. Thank you for my great group and I am so sorry of being late in posting my response.

Analysis: Sometimes we face difficulties to explain some words especially when those words are related to our traditions, but usually we try hardly to make them clear by asking for help. And because two of us are Arabic speakers and two are Chinese, so we can use this help to translate words. Sometimes, we use pictures. But if we failed, we might use a dictionary.