Jane Alowoyo, a 17-year veteran lecturer from the Department of Language and Communication at Makerere University, came yesterday to speak to the young ladies about effective communication. She gave a wonderful speech after lunch about our different styles of talking. She highlighted Ugandan and American patterns of interacting with each other and really sparked lively discussions with her role plays of giving directions.
Ugandan directions: Oh yes, let me tell you, you walk down the road and turn at the mango tree, then when you see the ant hill, go up that way. You'll see another road on your right, it'll have many trees nearby. Don't go that way. When you get to the next trading center....
American directions: Doyouhaveamap?AtTheNextLightMakeARightAndWalkDownThatStreetFor5MinutesThenMakeALeftAt....
The campers and counselors LOVED having her.
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you read my mind!
ReplyDeletei was just starting another message to ask who the speakers were for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The GLOW site shows the name of the speaker you all had on Monday's blog.
Okay, to get this right...
a 'veteran' speaker...
who is all of 17 years old!?
I am impressed.
The other northamerican way of giving directions is being told to "google" it.
The camp is impressive celeste!
There is no way the girls,
and even the leaders,
could leave on Saturday
without living proof
on the power we all hold
to make a positive impact in this world,
especially with the support of friends.
keep those smiles GLOWing~
con carino, be good~
hah! she's not 17. maybe in her late 40's, she said she started at makerere just after finishing her masters. She was the fastest but clearest talker i've heard in a couple years.
ReplyDeleteThanks mom. ;)
just checking to see if you are reading the comments!
ReplyDeleteyou passed the test...
i am curious on what the speakers
impact is on the girls.
i would imagine a significant one.
you go girls!
con carino, be good.