From Hannah - June 4

Wednesday, June 4 began our official second day of classes. This day was an eventful day. In addition, to our two language classes we had a cultural class in the afternoon. In the 8 AM language class, we worked on pronunciation and verbally forming sentences using the vocabulary words in lesson 1. The second class at 10 AM continued to focus on lesson 1. However, the format was a little different. We were broken into groups of two and played Merchant and Patron, where partners took turns buying and selling items mentioned in lesson 1. At noon our language classes end for lunch.

Adam and Ben ate hamburgers at a restaurant near the University. Sam had dumplings in the schoolʼs cafeteria. Michelle, Tiffany, Mitch and I had lunch at the Subway sandwich shop near Fu Jen. Sam met up with us at subway, and then the 5 of us walked back to campus to the classroom where the culture class was held.

This was the second day of Calligraphy class. So, we all new what to do to set up: take out our ink, ink dish, the bamboo brush protector, the felt, paper, paper weight, and brush. Then wet the brush and pour ink into the dish. Once everything was set-up the calligraphy teacher showed us another style of calligraphy different from what we learned the previous day. This style is more fluid than the style we learned on Tuesday. We practiced the saying the teacher gave us and then came up with sayings of our own. The class ended with us watching an artist draw pictures of the Taipei 101, a lotus flower, and other Taiwanese things. The class then disbanded at about a quarter to 4 PM and we headed home for the day. ---- By Hannah