Today I've had an opportunity to speak with two students. The first conversation was pretty good - it was a student Fumiya Matsuoka. At first we told some information about each other, I found out that he has a big family but now he is not living with them, as he is a student and he is living in the university apartment with his friends. He also told me about his hobby - he is a guitar player and a singer, they even have their band (Know Yourself) - there are three of them there - bass guitar player, drums player and he - Fumiya - a singer and a guitar player. His favourite music bands are Red Hot Chilly Peppers and Beetles. His dream is to visit UK - as it's the place of music and fashion as he's told.
We were also speaking on the list of topics - he told me that it's bad to put the elbows on the table when you are eating and about Japanese special way of eating with chop-sticks. As a matter of fact it is not very comfortable. As for the cuisine - the Japanese people usually eat rise=) not strange, is it?
I also tried to ask Fumiya about "punctuality" but we have some problems with understanding=) So we changed the topic and were speaking about Japan - beautiful country. It's small but has many places of sightseeing: Fuji Mountain and Tokyo - the capital city.
I liked the chat very much.
The second conversation was not so successful. There were some problems with equipment. And we were just writing to each other. Kazuki Aonuma - it's the name of the second student. Asked me about my favourite country, and told about the country he would like to visit - the USA. I like the chat also, but I wish we had had the possibility to use speaking' English.
The general impression is positive. I must admit that the students in Japan are very polite! They are saying thank you and sorry all the time. It's interesting as we are speaking with people from another society, with another mentality and way of life. I think it's cool.
I have a question, should we speak on the subject and whether Japanese students are ready to speak on this subject? Do they learn those words and do they prepare some information? And one more question - will we speak with the same people all the time?
2 comments:
Thank you, Ania, for the detailed report. Great job has been done.
Way to go!
Hopping to hear from you again soon.
Warmly,
Nina Lyulkun
"problems with understanding"... I had it too... sometimes I asked my partner about something and he just shake his head in positive way without saying anything... that the sign for me that I am not understandable))) ... I repeat, but if the answer is the same I tell him - "ok, let me type"))
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