Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Lunch with Japanese learners

We met with some students of the University of Maryland who are studying Japanese. We were split into groups, and each group enjoyed lunch with them. My group included high school students. We talked about our hobbies and school life. Since they talked at a very quick pace, it was hard to understand the whole contents they talked. But I think, actually I hope, the communication succeeded! We could know each other very well. Then we played billiards and bowling together with another group. The games were very exciting! It was really precious experience that I can communicate with people who have the same purpose as we have.

4 comments:

Nikki said...

Had you ever played billiards before? It's a very fun game, but I'm not very good at it.

Nina Liakos said...

Yes, I can imagine that you felt very pleased to have met these students who are studying your languages, just as you are studying theirs! And even if communication was not perfect, it sounds like it was good enough! :-)

Since you were a high school student just a few months ago, I think you must be pretty close in age to those students, right?

Ai said...

Hi, Masatoshi!

You succeeded to upload your face picture! Great^^!!

You will come to communicate more smooth from now on! Ganbare~~^^

Ai

Hiromi said...

Hi, Masatoshi!
Meeting the students who study and speak Japanese sounds really interesting and it's nice to know that you enjoyed talking with them. ^^