People are finishing their projects at different speeds and some people left early today, while another group stayed on in the evening. I have been having lunch and dinner at the new campus with Wang Hanchen, son of one of SUAD's senior professors, Wang Chuandong, who hopes his son can go to the U of O as a junior and so wants me to help his son improve his English. At dinner I shared with him a language trick, telling him when he doesn't understand someone who speaks English to him, he can say, using an even tone of voice: "really?". This way he can give the appearance of understanding, and half the time, the person he's talking with may repeat what they just said, giving him an opportunity to really understand it.
Saturday, September 13
Today we went to the new campus to work with our partners -- everybody felt a little under pressure because today was the last full day of work before progress review and the installation on Monday and Tuesday. 
People are finishing their projects at different speeds and some people left early today, while another group stayed on in the evening. I have been having lunch and dinner at the new campus with Wang Hanchen, son of one of SUAD's senior professors, Wang Chuandong, who hopes his son can go to the U of O as a junior and so wants me to help his son improve his English. At dinner I shared with him a language trick, telling him when he doesn't understand someone who speaks English to him, he can say, using an even tone of voice: "really?". This way he can give the appearance of understanding, and half the time, the person he's talking with may repeat what they just said, giving him an opportunity to really understand it.
People are finishing their projects at different speeds and some people left early today, while another group stayed on in the evening. I have been having lunch and dinner at the new campus with Wang Hanchen, son of one of SUAD's senior professors, Wang Chuandong, who hopes his son can go to the U of O as a junior and so wants me to help his son improve his English. At dinner I shared with him a language trick, telling him when he doesn't understand someone who speaks English to him, he can say, using an even tone of voice: "really?". This way he can give the appearance of understanding, and half the time, the person he's talking with may repeat what they just said, giving him an opportunity to really understand it.
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