[Casual] Mandarin Conversations - Virtual Meeting

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month for a Casual Mandarin Conversation virtual session on Zoom! (Other Wednesdays in-person at Metrotown) Please familiarize yourself with the software beforehand (http://zoom.us). The joining link will be visible after you RSVP.

6:00 - 6:15 pm : Welcome
6-15 - 7:00 pm : Round table self introduction
7:00 - 9:00 pm : Small group discussions with break-out rooms
9:00 - 11:00 pm : No-limit open discussions (and maybe music sharing)

The casual conversation session is a language and cultural exchange through engaging in conversations in an informal, open floor, no structure, friendly environment. During each session, members are encouraged to participate by using as much Chinese as possible in their discussions. Native Chinese speakers are encouraged to help others with pronunciation, sentence structure, and using proper choice of words. Remember, the best way to learn a language is to have friends that also speak the language!

Alternatively, an in-person Casual Mandarin Conversations session is hosted on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Wednesday of the month at Metrotown Centre, 6-9pm.

If you are a complete beginner of Chinese, you may find it too overwhelming as most conversations are in Chinese. You should have a basic level of listening before you join.

RULES FOR ONLINE MEETING

• Treat others with respect, as attendees are from all over the world with different backgrounds.
• Do not engage in sensitive topics unless if your break out room's participants are all comfortable with it. Keep it a casual social conversation.
• If possible, turn on your camera and actively engage in conversations.
• Attend the meeting in a quiet environment.
• Screen sharing allowed only on request.
• Recording is disabled and not allowed.
• Taking photos of participants and posting them online without permission is not allowed.
• RSVP if you are going to attend, but cancel RSVP if you cannot! Please respect others on the waiting list.
• If you are joining late and you don't see anyone in the lobby initially, please wait a brief moment for the host to greet you or assign you to a room already in progress.