Sheridan C.P. #1

January 17, 2020

Conversation Partner #1

Hongfu Wu
CIES
'Meet & Greet'

   On Friday at approximately 2:00 PM, I met with Hongfu Wu at the bench in the front of the CIES center at FSU.  We introduced ourselves to each other and talked about how happy we were able to finally meet each other face to face.  After our introductions, I pulled out the worksheets that Josh Valentine had emailed the both of us, and requested us to complete upon arrival.  First, I showed Hongfu Wu the 'Who are you?' diagram.  This diagram required each of us to individually choose words that describe who we are.  The words I chose were: sister, colorful, studious, unique, loud and athletic.  She had a difficult time understanding what exactly colorful meant, but I did my best to explain to her how the term applied to my personality, just as I did with the other words.  Hongfu Wu did not print either of the worksheets out, but I made sure she took some time to list off a few words that she thought described herself perfectly.  She called herself a foody, shy and studious, and elaborated on each word.  Her vocabulary is very minimal, as well is her speaking.  For the most part, I can understand what she is trying to say, but there is a lot of broken English that I would like to help her with.
  The other worksheet that Josh had us complete was simply reading a fable.  The fable is called 'The Elephant and the Blind Men', which is basically about how everyone should respect other peoples' perspectives and opinions no matter the circumstance because there are many points of views that go unseen.  I requested Hongfu Wu read aloud the fable and helped her with any pronunciation and defined any words that she did not know.  At the end, we discussed what the fable was trying to tell us and we talked about how important it is to respect other peoples opinions and points of views.