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...
Your art exhibition at the end of last term was just amazing. Well done everyone for the hard work and vision that went into it. The overall look of your gallery lit up at night was great. I loved the digital photography and hope it inspired some of you to go out and photograph your worlds over the holidays.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you made the lamp to stand out in the photo
ReplyDeletethe photos look awesome our class is awesome
We have the best art exhibition in N.W.S :) :)
I really liked the way you took the photos and i really liked everything I can not even choose my favourite one at all. The thing I thought was that you should not have put everything to close to each other so nothing would break ( Including the bottle because they are really fragile)
ReplyDeleteI liked the bottle because it was neat and it looked really nice with light but it was to close to each other.
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