Katherine-CP#6

Our last culture class met on last Tuesday. Our group spent most of the time simply planning the project. On a piece of paper, everyone discussed what they would like to cover for topics. These included customs involving romantic relationships (engagement practices, PDA), community (how close everyone is/sense of community), classroom behaviors (raising hands, getting the attention of the teacher, etc), as well as guest/hospitality customs. We were supposed to originally have three CIES students in our group, but it wound up being only two. I went to help them on both Thursday and Monday with the poster board. On Thursday, we gathered more information on what they would like to talk about, plotting the board layout, and finding pictures. On Monday, they were supposed to have typed and written out their topics for us TEFL student to review, but they had unfortunately not started on the written part yet; they had only found more pictures over the weekend! We spent Monday frantically cutting out pictures and titles, then gluing them to the board. I glued what remained down after the two CIES student had left for class as they were running behind. I really hope they were able to finish the project on time and that they did well on their presentation!