In researching how to write Tuesday in "Chinese" I was aware there are at least 3 languages including Shanghainese, Cantonese and Mandarin. It's not as straight forward as that. Earlier, I chose a translation that I thought was dragon in a class activity today. The fluent Cantonese and Mandarin speakers in my class did not recognise the symbol. I was embarrassed that I had made a mistake which is one of the pitfalls of cross-cultural analysis. There are always positive outcomes for every situation and we were able to have a discussion about where the symbol may have originated. Another positive outcome is that I am extremely aware of my cultural limitations. So this will result in me asking more questions, seeking more input from experts in our class and in the community. As you can see, I was not confident enough in what I found on the internet to use it in my blog title. An opportunity for further learning. One of the challenges this week is to; LEARN - the signs o...
what a fantastic opportunity to provide for kids to enjoy as well as exercise.
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Gymnastics is a great sport for coordination, fitness and discipline. Its great that the children of New Windsor School get to go and try out on the equipment at Tri-Star...(GO WAITAKERE!!) Sophie's Mum
ReplyDeleteGymnastics is a great sport for coordination, fitness and discipline. Its great that the children of New Windsor School get to go and try out on the equipment at Tri-Star...(GO WAITAKERE!!) Sophie's Mum
ReplyDeleteI bet the trip was really good and I bet you guys got fit and disciplined and upper body strengh
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you look good sophie and room 13
ReplyDeleteWow it looks like everyone is enjoying the gym trip gym how did everyone feel after coming out? refreshed? hope that you had lots of fun and also learnt something from the trip
ReplyDeleteWow look at how active everyone is Srijan keeps telling me that the foam pit was the best out of every thing and looking at the photos it seems right did everone enjoy the trip?
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