Classroom Photos

Here are the classrooms that I study in 5 days a week.

From China – Study

This is the listening room. There are only 7 students in my class, so we all huddle around the front. The teacher in this photo is the one who uses an angry voice when students make too many mistakes.

From China – Study

The computers all have keyboards and a special pad attached (you can just see it at the bottom of the shot on the right) that I assume is used for tests. So far we just write in our textbooks though. Sorry about the camera shake in this one. I was using Cathryn’s point-and-shoot and the students were giving me strange looks for taking photos, so I was a in but of a hurry.

From China – Study

This is the classroom that we use for our reading/writing and speaking classes. This photo was taken during class and the two heads you can see are two of the three students from Cambodia. The blurry guy at the front is our reading/writing teacher. He’s a fun guy with a good sense of humour. Today he asked the class:

Teacher: “what should you say if you don’t know the answer when I ask you a question?”
Students: “duìbuqǐ” (I’m sorry)
Teacher: “And what should I say to you when you say duìbuqǐ?”
Students: “méi guānxi” (It’s Ok/doesn’t matter/never mind)

But I suggested instead:

“You should say GET OUT!!” (With dramatic hand guesture pointing at the door)

Our teacher laughed and agreed. He said that this was a much better idea than saying “it’s OK” and then taught us how to say “get out” in Chinese.

From China – Study

This final photos is what my desk looks like most days in class. Textbook on the left, notebook on the right and my ipod with Chinese<->English dictionary close at hand.