Reflections from VCU English Language Learners

Instructor: Audrey Short
English Language Program
Virginia Commonwealth University
Thu Jul 30

Conversation

I’m sorry to know that you are packing to leave but I hope that you have had a very good time here.  Best of luck as you return home. 

lidarkomil:

On saturday, I was packing my stuff, and I was helping my roommate to pack her furnitures and her books.  At that time, we need boxes for packing, and we had to go to grocery shopping.  So we went to Kroger.  By going there, we passed my stragers, but they were saying to us “hello” or starting talking.  I thought this is culture, so I said that American culture is really friendly.  My roommate was laughing and asked to me “have you ever heard saying “Hello” from girls?”  After that, I noticed that I’ve never heard saying hello from girls.  My roommate said if man say hello to you, he wants to talk with you.  That is not culture.  At that time, that was really funny.  She said man makes sounds, if he wants to talk with a girl, in Peru.  She went there, and she heard that sounds, but she ignored.  Although I’ve never heard that sound, I don’t want to hear that.