Pre-Departure (Week 2)

SBCC Study Abroad 2008 China-Vietnam

- almost everyone

Pre-Departure Orientation is finished…the next time everyone will see each other is in Shanghai! We had another good week filled with outside experts. Dr. Yongjin Park (above) continued teaching us some basic Mandarin.
Dr. Lou Spaventa picked up where Ingrid Bowman left off with our TEFL training. Our cross-cultural expert Michael Landers (above) was also with us one last time on Monday (remember to check out his website for guides to culture, customs, social, business, & study abroad etiquette: http://www.culturecrossing.net/).

We had a special guest on Tuesday afternoon, our Vietnam coordinator Le Hong Hanh. She gave us an excellent overview of what to expect when we arrive in Hanoi. We had equally enlightening guests on Friday, as three SBCC International Students spent an hour with us answering questions and calming our anxieties about China.

Those of you who couldn’t be with us for the banquet at Saigon In and Out Thursday night missed a great preview of what we’ll be enjoying in Vietnam.