Going into the skype session, I was unsure what to think of it since I am not a very video-chat oriented person. I had many questions going through my head...How many people are we going to be talking to? Are they going to know far more information on Japan than me? Am I going to look like an idiot conversing with the others? I went into the session with a few butterflies in my stomach but also with a curiousity to find out how it would be.
After entering class and getting acustomed to how the chat would work, we began talking about subjects such as the relationships between men and woman, the IE system and ikuji. When we started talking with the Swedish student, it was at first difficult to understand, but after a while there was little to no trouble at all understanding him. As we conversed more and more, I discovered that he was a student just like us in the sense that he was just learning as well, which was reassuring to me.
Overall, I'm happy to say that I am looking forward to the next chat even though I was at first uneasy about how it would turn out.
I had similar feelings prior to this Skype session. I feel that both sessions ended up being beneficial and the cultural difference was more positive than negative.
ReplyDeleteThese sessions were awesome and I had no idea what to expect going into them. I am happy that we got to experience something like this.
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