Diana CP #6

 Date/Time: 8/01 @ 10am

Location: ZOOM

Topic discussed:

Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: I started today’s meeting explaining what a critical incident is, making sure to give examples. I know that Hang ah had only recently came to the United States in February, just a couple months before we entered quarantine, so I kept that in mind as I asked her if she has experienced any critical incidents. She explained that she cannot think of anything drastic she has experienced in the U.S. She did mention, however, that she was taken aback initially with how open Americans are. She says she is not used to the culture of strangers asking how you are and striking conversation about anything. She also said that in Germany, people laughed at she and her friend while on the subway because their way of opening the cart door was different to how she was used to in Korea.

As a last activity to mark the end our conversation partner meetings, we took a Buzzfeed quiz that gave each of us a U.S. national park recommendation. Afterwards, I prepared a compilation of short 20 second clips on 'Tik Tok' showing the many beautiful national and state parks in America. The videos were stunning and Hang ah ended up making a list of the places that she would like to travel in the future. We said our goodbyes and ended the meeting there.