Tuesday was our first “real” day of class. We were all anxious to find out who are teachers were going to be, and what their class was really going to be like. We were all on time. We are all in the same class except Adam and Ben.
Our first class is at 8:10 a.m., and it lasts until 10 a.m. We had one break. Our teacher is really nice. She worked on our pronunciation a lot. She was very patient and understanding. She asked us what we wanted to learn and we told her we wanted to know the basics, how to get around, learn traditional characters, and most importantly work on our pronunciation. So far she is a great teacher. I really enjoy being in her class.
After class we go to another one from 10:10 until noon. This teacher is called Pharaoh. He is really cool. He was so funny, but at the same time you could tell we would learn a lot in his class. He also asked us our expectations and explained how class would work. He said we would have at least two tests a week. We worked on conversation skills, which was very helpful. He made learning so much fun. We also had a break in that class too. After class we couldn’t stop talking about how great our teachers are. I’m very excited to see how much we can learn. Around noon we went and ate lunch at subway. It was really different from the American Subway, but it was ok. Afterwards we had our first afternoon class. It was calligraphy. We walked across campus to another building and met our teachers. At first we had no idea what was going on. They were so nice to us and helped us get all of our equipment together. Before we started to paint, we went up and observed our teacher draw four characters. It was pretty impressive how this man made the characters so beautiful. After a few demonstrations, we went back to our desks and started to paint. At first it was difficult. We had to use half of our chair and keep our back straight and keep the paintbrush straight up and down. A few minutes later, our teacher came around to each student and held our brush and helped us stroke the characters in the correct order. We were in class for about two hours, but the time passed by really fast. We decided to get really creative with the four characters and embrace different styles of writing. After class we cleaned up all of our materials and headed for our apartment. We were still getting use to riding the bus and trying to figure out which bus led us back to our apartment. We got in line and waited for the bus to come. After about a ten-minute ride, we got off walked less than a block, and got home and relaxed. It went over all of the grammar and characters we had learned that day. Everything we learned was pretty much a review, but it helped tremendously. Now we can go to restaurants and not have that much of a problem ordering food. We did not have much homework, but we were able to practice by conversing with each other. It was great having roommates that understood, and helped you practice your Chinese speaking skills. Overall we had a great day. We were really excited about Wednesday’s classes and calligraphy again!
Our first class is at 8:10 a.m., and it lasts until 10 a.m. We had one break. Our teacher is really nice. She worked on our pronunciation a lot. She was very patient and understanding. She asked us what we wanted to learn and we told her we wanted to know the basics, how to get around, learn traditional characters, and most importantly work on our pronunciation. So far she is a great teacher. I really enjoy being in her class.
After class we go to another one from 10:10 until noon. This teacher is called Pharaoh. He is really cool. He was so funny, but at the same time you could tell we would learn a lot in his class. He also asked us our expectations and explained how class would work. He said we would have at least two tests a week. We worked on conversation skills, which was very helpful. He made learning so much fun. We also had a break in that class too. After class we couldn’t stop talking about how great our teachers are. I’m very excited to see how much we can learn. Around noon we went and ate lunch at subway. It was really different from the American Subway, but it was ok. Afterwards we had our first afternoon class. It was calligraphy. We walked across campus to another building and met our teachers. At first we had no idea what was going on. They were so nice to us and helped us get all of our equipment together. Before we started to paint, we went up and observed our teacher draw four characters. It was pretty impressive how this man made the characters so beautiful. After a few demonstrations, we went back to our desks and started to paint. At first it was difficult. We had to use half of our chair and keep our back straight and keep the paintbrush straight up and down. A few minutes later, our teacher came around to each student and held our brush and helped us stroke the characters in the correct order. We were in class for about two hours, but the time passed by really fast. We decided to get really creative with the four characters and embrace different styles of writing. After class we cleaned up all of our materials and headed for our apartment. We were still getting use to riding the bus and trying to figure out which bus led us back to our apartment. We got in line and waited for the bus to come. After about a ten-minute ride, we got off walked less than a block, and got home and relaxed. It went over all of the grammar and characters we had learned that day. Everything we learned was pretty much a review, but it helped tremendously. Now we can go to restaurants and not have that much of a problem ordering food. We did not have much homework, but we were able to practice by conversing with each other. It was great having roommates that understood, and helped you practice your Chinese speaking skills. Overall we had a great day. We were really excited about Wednesday’s classes and calligraphy again!
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