1. Our Lady of Peace and Dong-men Primary School Columbus, Ohio and Taipei, Taiwan Videoconference April 10-11, 2008

2. Evening in Columbus and Morning in Taipei On a beautiful evening in Columbus, two groups of young people met for the first time! Both groups are part of the Global Language & Culture Project. The meeting place was on a large television screen divided in two and visible by all. The young Taiwanese had been studying the English language for several years. The American children have been learning Chinese for about six months. Both were eager to see and hear the other group! The Taiwanese were in school with their teacher for an early morning sharing. The Americans and their parents came back to school in the evening to greet their friends from thousands of miles away. It was an experience that will be remembered!!

3. Our Lady of Peace Mandarin Students 2007-2008 with their teacher—Ms. Dun Zhang

4. The OLP group eagerly awaits the beginning of the meeting with Ms. Chung, and the students of Ms. Han-chun Liu and Ms. Chin-yin Liu.

5. The Americans loved the large name tags the Taiwanese students wore and were amazed at how well they spoke English! The students and teachers of Dong-men Primary School should be very proud! Mrs. Folian, our principal 

6. The Taiwanese students presented a wonderful PowerPoint presentation telling about their study of the Chinese New Year. They did a beautiful job!

7. The Mandarin students of OLP sang for their new Taiwanese friends. They told about a study they made of the Chinese New Year and Chinese food. Later in the evening the whole group of Americans sang the National Anthem. Then the Taiwanese students sang their National Anthem!

8. THANK YOU GLCP!!! It was a wonderful experience that will remain with all for a very long time. Both groups had to be amazed at how similar children of comparable age are no matter what the culture! The understanding and the fluency of the English language by the young Taiwanese students was remarkable. All are grateful to have had such an experience and hope that it will happen again soon! all for a very long time. Both groups had to be amazed at how similar children of comparable age are no matter what the culture! The understanding and the fluency of the English language by the young Taiwanese students was remarkable. All are grateful to have had such an experience and hope that it will happen again soon!