Mitchell Gaylord CP #4

Conversation Partner #4


My fourth conversation partner meeting was with Maria on 12/3 at CIES.  It wasn’t really a planned meeting; however, I had a great time discussing culture with her.  We started talking after I had just finished up a tutoring session with Yun-Jung.  I had stuck around CIES after the session and was just chatting with Yun-Jung, and Maria, knowing Yun-Jung, decided to come up to us and join in our conversation.  This was my first-time meeting Maria, and we immediately hit it off. She is an international student from Denmark.  She took the TEFL class last session and is currently doing the TEFL internship.  I mentioned to her that I was learning Norwegian, and that sparked a lot of conversation about Danish vs. Norwegian. We also talked about some cultural differences between Denmark and the States, namely cashier culture.  We ended our conversation with me helping her plan a vacation to both Orlando and New Orleans.  She told me she was going to both places before leaving the next week. Since I have been to both a few times, I gave her some suggestions.  Altogether, this meeting was really nice.  It just goes to show you that at CIES you can always find a good conversation about culture no matter who shows up.

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