Leslie TS #14


Leslie TS #14 CIES Building 6/19/18 2-3:30 p.m.

Hanqing and I watched a documentary film about a rehabilitation center in China for treating teenagers who are said to be addicted to playing computer games on the Internet. We watched with the Chinese speaking muted and read the English subtitles. He paused when he had questions about a word or its usage. Sometimes he checked the subtitles with the Mandarin dialog to add to his understanding of the meaning. He spoke at length (very well) about his knowledge and experience of this societal issue in China. We briefly addressed his report of having several incidents in public when he did not fully understand the English words or the meaning of the words. One way this arises is when people laugh at a joke and he does not know why. Sometimes when he does ask someone about this, he does not understand the explanation. I will provide resources for idioms, etc. if we do not have time to cover this.


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