Recently, there are a lot of students studying Chinese at Keats, some of who are higher level students, and many of which have studied at Keats before.  We always welcome new students to our school, and thank the students who choose to study here multiple times.

We recently became aware that some students were interested in learning to play Mahjong, so as part of this weekend’s activities, we are going to have to teachers teach our students how to play.  When our students saw the announcement, they all excitedly hurried to sign up to learn this traditional Chinese game.

This Sunday afternoon, when our students arrive, they will find the teachers have already prepared everything they need to play Mahjong-a table, four chairs, and most importantly, a Mahjong set.  Although Mahjong has in total 108 pieces, many of which have different images on them, it isn’t as complex as you might imagine.  Our teachers will have prepared well to teach this game, using pictures and English instructions to explain the rules, so all of our students can easily understand.  As the teachers explain the rules, the students will try to start playing. When you play Mahjong for the first time, there are many steps you have to follow, on top of paying attention to what everyone else is doing, so it can be tricky for first time players to grasp, but in the past, all of our students were excited to meet the challenge.

One of our students from Italy, Anna, told us, she was very happy to be able to learn this game.  Besides working her brain, she could also have fun and compete with a lot of her friends, so winning every time wasn’t very important, as long as after learning the game, she could rely on her strategy and a bit of luck to win just once.