From Hannah - June 11

Wednesday June 11, 2008 was a long day.
Our classes began at 8 AM and ended at 3:30. In my first class, we reviewed for our upcoming test on Thursday. We looked over the Pinyin and characters from Lessons 1 and 2. Additionally, the teacher reminded us how large numbers are written in Chinese because this would also be on the test. When the class ended at 10 AM we were all well aware of the information we needed to study for Thursday’s test.

In my second class, we learned a valuable skill. The teacher showed the class how to ask for directions. Then he taught us how to give directions. We then broke into partners and used maps to ask our partners where certain buildings on the map were located (ask for directions to a place). The partner then gave directions using the newly acquired vocabulary and other landmarks located on the map to answer the questions. This skill will really come in handy if we are ever lost here.

After the second class ended, it was lunch time. I had an errand to run. So I did that instead of eating lunch. Everyone else ate pasta at a restaurant with our new friends, these African students from a Portuguese-speaking country. When lunch time was over at 1:30 we returned to school for the second day of Chinese Knots. On this day, we made Christmas brooches. Making these brooches was fun and took the entire two hours.