Attendance has been a common theme of difficulty with conversation circles the past two weeks. When I attended Megan's conversation circle a two weeks ago, unfortunately none of her participants came. Instead of letting this be the end of the conversation, Megan and I shared a wonderful conversation and got to know each other much better. Despite actually observing her facilitate the conversation, I greatly enjoyed the opportunity to get to know another facilitator better, which is difficult with our class only being 1 hour per week.
Attendance has also been woefully low for my participants for my circle. I have one student Xiaoman, who communicates and attends regularly. It has been a great experience to get to know her on a more individual level. I can tell that as we continue to build trust between us, she is more willing to steer conversation into more unfamiliar territories. Overall we talk less about school and more about personal goals and life "back home."
Finally, I am very excited by my creative capstone project. I have already arranged an interview with a non-native English speaking professor to hear about her experience to inform my project. I have also contacted staff in Student Affairs in the College of Engineering to see if it would be possible to garner their support.
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