On Thursday we visited several classes at Tianjin Normal University for students who wanted to teach Chinese as a second language. It was a fun and neat opportunity to talk with students skilled at communicating across cultures, while giving them a chance to interact with their future clientele.
In the morning, the TNU students were eagerly awaiting our arrival. While we were simply planning on engaging in some small group discussions, they had a whole program ready for us! They split us unto 4 classrooms, and had separate programs planned for each room!
They prepared many performances, showing off their talents for singing, dancing, performing opera, acting, playing musical instruments and performing traditional Chinese activities such as watercolor and Chinese yo-yo.
We also got a chance to interact with them by playing some traditional Chinese games, as well as some universial ones.
Then, they asked us to share some of our American activities and personal talents with them. Luckily, this is what our program is all about, and our students were more than ready. We did several dance performances, and taught them games like "musical chairs", as well as how to sing and dance the "Cupid shuffle".
We completed our day with our second visit to English Corner, where we met up with some familar faces from last week, and engaged in some discussions with students who were eager to practice their English with native English speakers.
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