I am very surprised at how  talkative my chat cafe group was this semester. Usually, it is the grad students in my conversation circle that will direct questions at me and keep the conversation going. For chat cafe, I usually have to come up with activities to break the ice. However, my activity for this conversation circle has been pushed off many weeks already because the members have been bringing up conversation topics. One member is especially talkative and has been texting me questions about courses and asking for advice, but he has not been taking over the group. His English is on the more advanced side which I think is because of his extroverted nature, but he always waits for those who speak slower and tries to help those whose English skills are not as fluent to help others comprehend. The only problem is that he texts me in Chinese and sometimes my Chinese is not good enough to keep up with him but I am trying to accommodate to him. I respond to his texts in English but I do not feel the need to make him text me in English because I am sure he reads a lot of English for his classes and the point of chat cafe is to help for conversation.
Our meeting place is in a reserved room in East Hall, and I'm not sure if it feels too much like a class or if the meeting room is a good idea. I know it can feel lie a class at first, but I really like having a private place because I feel like it is a safer place because they know no one else can listen in on the conversation. In addition, we can play silly games without having outsiders look at us. Last semester, I had a bigger room where it would have been inconvenient to sit at the chairs around the table because there were so many tables pushed together for one big table. At first I moved the tables but that made the room feel cramped and weird to be surrounded by tables so then I had them just sit on the tables and make that the new floor, but this semester the room is smaller and it feels cozier.
Overall, I am very happy with my chat cafe group this semester and I hope we continue to have good conversations with the topics that the members bring up.