Allison CP#3

English Conversation Club 5/23/2018

This was the second session of ECC in the Globe, and 3 more people showed up this time. We had 4 people in total for this meeting, all of the students were graduate students from China. Two students are visiting scholars who are studying business administration and physics. The other student is a graduate student who came to all of my ECC sessions this past spring. It was nice to have a familiar face, as it made it easier to facilitate conversation between the newer attendees. Overall, we discussed why these students decided to come here to study. We also talked about American sports, because one student traveled to Houston to see the semi-final game because she feels that seeing sporting events is important to understanding American culture. It was easy to talk about this topic between all the students, because American sports are very popular here so they all had a point of reference to discuss their opinions. For next week, I am going to bring in board games to practice English as well as learning about American culture in a fun way.

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