...is this thing we saw floating around in a pond on the weekend? My guess is a jellyfish of some sort, but I'll give 50 points to the first person with the right answer!
We have an exchange student from Taipei. He just turned 17 and will eventually be in the 11th grade in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He seems very nice and has expressed his pleasure to have so much "freedom". He took English from a teacher who spoke Chinese. He is bright and fun. Pronunciation seems to be his biggest draw back. He always tells us if he doesnt' understand and we explain the meaning and go through pronunciation a number of times. Is there anything we should be careful of - we do not want to insult him in any way and all we know of the Taiwan culture is what we've read. Your blog has helped a lot!
Taiwanese teens are just like North American teens, except they have a lot of pressure to succeed because of the competition here in the school system. An important aspect of Taiwanese culture is the food (he probably misses a lot of his favorite meals, maybe you could look up some recipes online). Taiwanese kids spend a lot of time playing online games, eating out and shopping. Fashion is pretty important too, but the styles (especially for boys) won't always be appreciated by other boys in the same grade at home... What a great thing you're doing by hosting an exchange student :)
Do you know what this thing was?! (It's Emma by the way!)
ReplyDeleteNo clue, but I can tell you I'm definitely not going swimming in there with it!!
ReplyDeleteWe have an exchange student from Taipei. He just turned 17 and will eventually be in the 11th grade in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He seems very nice and has expressed his pleasure to have so much "freedom". He took English from a teacher who spoke Chinese. He is bright and fun. Pronunciation seems to be his biggest draw back. He always tells us if he doesnt' understand and we explain the meaning and go through pronunciation a number of times. Is there anything we should be careful of - we do not want to insult him in any way and all we know of the Taiwan culture is what we've read. Your blog has helped a lot!
ReplyDeleteTaiwanese teens are just like North American teens, except they have a lot of pressure to succeed because of the competition here in the school system. An important aspect of Taiwanese culture is the food (he probably misses a lot of his favorite meals, maybe you could look up some recipes online). Taiwanese kids spend a lot of time playing online games, eating out and shopping. Fashion is pretty important too, but the styles (especially for boys) won't always be appreciated by other boys in the same grade at home...
ReplyDeleteWhat a great thing you're doing by hosting an exchange student :)