My group had a great session this past Monday! Four of the six members showed up (these are the same four that usually show up to all of the sessions), and one of them even brought a friend along! Since they are a quieter group, I brought in a bag of discussion questions, and we passed it around and had each person pull out a question to answer. After he/she answered it, we opened it up to the rest of the group. The questions were really different; they covered culture, politics, personal information, and funny scenarios. This activity worked really well, as it gave the group a lot of new things to talk about, and we were able to compare different opinions and perspectives. I hope to keep using different activities and games during our future sessions. I would also hope to spend some time in our class sharing different ideas of what has worked well with other groups. Next week, I will be visiting Bella's session, so I'm excited to see how a different group interacts.
We have briefly discussed cultural and linguistic differences in our group, especially during our last session. We talked about different dialects and accents, and how language plays a role in cultural assimilation. One of my members even said that accent was the most difficult part for him in adjusting to American culture. Nothing else was hard for him; he had so much knowledge of the U.S. from movies and media, that nothing surprised him after he came! Overall, culture and language are two topics that come up very frequently within our discussions, and I would love to learn more ways to expand upon these themes so that it does not get too repetitive!
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