So as you may or may not already know, I signed up to be a conversation partner with an International student in the ESL program here at school. I'm not really sure what possessed me to do this. Many people will tell you that pregnancy and parenthood will change you..and I think this is one of those changes...I am much more friendly now...I would have not even given something like this a second thought a year ago. The other change would be that I now like ketchup...but I digress.
I met my conversation partner for the first time yesterday. She is from China and her name is Guanlin (pronounced Gwon-LEEN) but she goes by Lynn here in the US. We met for an hour to get to know each other. She is very sweet, but I think she only understood every third word or so that I said. We talked about friends and I said something about "hanging out" and then spent the next ten minutes trying to explain what that meant.
Things I learned about Lynn:
1. She likes to shop
2. She wants to go to Disneyland
3. She loves New York and wants to move there
Here's to good conversation!
"The LORD your God is with you..." ~ Zephaniah 3:17
10 years ago
1 comment:
I found your blog too! :) That's neat that you became a conversation partner...since we have so many international students working in the library now (9 out of 18) I sometimes get to do the same thing. :)It's neat and I'm glad you are trying it. Good luck!
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