I had my first class today and now it's the weekend. On Thursday we were all tested to see what level we'd be put into. There are 5 levels, from A to E (with sublevels), and I was of course put in A class. There would be several A class classes.
Half my class seems to be Japanese, and they will have a big advantage in being able to read the characters. The rest seem to be from all around the world. The ones that I have spoken to are from Syria (although he has been living in Japan), Spain, France, USA.
Each day we will have classes from 8am to 12am made up of four 50 min periods. Today we covered some pronunciation and 'hello, how are you? I'm very well.' But that is plenty to try to remember with sounds, tones and characters.
I think the email room in the library is closed on the weekend so I will be forced to get out and have further adventures...
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Ni hao timmy! ni hao ma? wo hen hao.
let me know when you get to talking about sports and going out to the movies. :P
hey tim, great to see your blog and hear a little about whats going on for you. Hope you're enjoying being in a totally different land for a while...so refreshing I reckon and awakens the senses more and more...sorry I missed saying goodbye at church...have an awesome time in such a cool place, Jodie
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