Seated in groups of three or four, about 10 Duke community members held sheets in front of them as they phonetically recited words from the pages.
"Nin hao! Jin tian nin yao zhao shen me yi fu ya?" said SangHee Jeong, program coordinator with the International House who is from South Korea and is working to improve her Chinese conversational skills. She was asking a student partner, "Hello! What clothes are you looking for today?"
"wo jiu sui bian kan kan," the student partner replied. "I'll have a look."