• Announcements
  • We encourage you to sign up for events on Meetup.com
  • Any specific feedback on previous months’ activities?
  • Would someone else like to try taking notes?
  • We welcome feedback!
    • Comments to blog posts are fine
    • Private messages through Meetup.com or WeChat work as well
• Review of last month's meeting
• Introductions at 1:30 pm
• Q&A
• Activity: Intro to WeChat
  • vocabulary: 加我吧，请加我，发信息，发微信，发短信，微信群，把我加到群里吧，你想加入我们的群吗？, 请扫我，你来扫我吧，我来扫你吧，发语音，翻译
  • WeChat functionality (15 minutes):
    • Scan someone
    • Let someone else scan you
    • Add someone to group by letting them scan the group QR code
    • Translate message
    • Send voice message
    • Create group
    • Mention: switch interface to Chinese, export to email, people nearby, shake
  • How to ask for help in WeChat group (15 minutes):
    • Simple question: expect a direct answer
    • Non-question: how do I say this?
    • Question in quotes: how do I ask this in Chinese?
    • Voice message: how is my pronunciation?
  • Answer questions in WeChat group (30 minutes):
    • 你最喜欢吃什么？
    • 你上次旅游的时候去了哪里？玩了什么？
    • 请你描述一下你很喜欢的电影的情节，但不要暴露电影的名字哦！
    • 请你给我们推荐一个跟中国或中文有关的作品
• Play a round of Werewords if there's time
• Optional Mandarin corner for 15-30 minutes (set timer)

Notes for future reference:

1. wechat in chinese
2. webcomics (pair up)
3. dictation (google translate)
4. translation (poem, song, dialogue)
5. partial verses
6. interview
7. art museum
8. madlibs
9. text adventure