Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Week 9: Story Telling

the entire group is already getting very pumped up and socially locked into the activity. With the Japanese group on the left, Chinese on the Right, and Korean in the middle, three stories are easily being told at the same time with everyone having a good time.

Last week, the event of the day was to tell a story about the topic we were given in the language we want to learn. If the person telling the story came to a word they didn’t know, they could ask for the word, and then continue on until they had nothing else to say. Another person would tell their story after them.


With the long gray tables connected at the corner to form an L shape, a dozen happy Japanese, Korean, and Chinese members face each other to begin story-time. Our special guest from Japan, Wakana Komiya, is dressed in a textured ash blue knitted sweater, with the smooth mix of brown and black hair slightly longer than shoulder length, her modest smile revealing her glossy white teeth, and a single distinct mole marks a pleasing spot upon her right cheek. The table has purses, bags, mint chocolate cookies, and phones randomly sprawled across the table. In the background stands our other guest, Kevin, who standing with his back toward us in a green military style field jacket.

I think this event really helped us practice our languages. In my group, I learned new vocabulary and grammar for my target language. I hope everyone was able to learn as much as I did, or help out someone who wants to learn the language you’re familiar with.

The Chinese group smiles for a picture, but over half of them are too focused on the stories at hand.

Sadly, this was the last meeting for the quarter, but not to worry! We’ll be back next quarter, and I hope to see you all again!

Have a nice spring break! :)

~Shirley
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Week 8: Game Night


Although some people probably had papers to write or midterms to study for, we had fun playing games with everyone that came!

There was Scrabble, Mah Jong, card games like Mao and 13, and Go (which many wanted to play but didn’t know the instructions entirely). The game was just sitting there at first, until two people who knew how to play finally discovered it.


I had fun enjoying everyone’s company while playing games. It was a nice break away from all the school work and studying! I can’t wait to see you all next week.

:)

~Shirley
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Week 7: Story Line

Hey everyone, it has been over a year, but the blog is ALIVE! So make sure to check back often and check out what we are up to at the Language Exchange Program at UC Irvine!

~Kyle

Team 1: the Japanese team of 6, spread out their collection of pictures and begin taking turns tying the pictures together with an interestingly silly story.
Last week was week 7, and we played a game where we split into two groups to tell a story by connecting random pictures that were given. Some pictures included a man riding a unicycle, someone walking a dog in their car, and a man hugging a giant fish!


The plot thickens on the other side with the Chinese team of 8, as the group sits around the table and develops an interesting story with all of the pictures laid out across the table.
Our groups shared the wacky stories to each other and then combined to do a group story. We each got a photo and “popcorned” around the circle to tell a new story using the picture we had.



The groups gather around the Chinese group's table and exchange stories. Followed by a super story that uses all of the pictures and a few improv ideas.
After a story about an alien cat, heroic dog, and crazy truck driver, we split up into small conversation groups. It was nice to interact with everyone in a group activity, instead of going into separate groups like usual. I hope to get to know all of you more!

:)

~Shirley
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