I promise this is my last post tonight. Sorry to spam up the blog with my stories. I'll end this one with a bang, promise.
Today my tutee was assigned to me and shocker! its Latifah. Well this was my second meeting with her but my first meeting with her alone. The first time we sat down she had her friend Hannah with her and she would tell Hannah to tell me what she wanted me to know. So this time I made sure that she didn't have an easy way out. She needs to talk and try to form sentences. We talked about all kinds of stuff today. Her english is very fragmented and she uses a lot of hand gestures which is fine. Whenever we get really stuck she translates the word in the dictionary she has on her phone, which I am very grateful for because I don't know two words in Arabic. Next time we meet will be in a conversation partner setting and I plan on asking her what she needs help on specifically so that I can separate the tutoring sessions from the conversation sessions.
I am really glad that Latifah tried today because I was really worried that she would clam up like she did the first time we met. Talking with her has made me more aware of the terminology I use and how I can breakdown what I think is simple english into what is actually simple english.
Well I'm signing off for now but here is that Fern Gully video I was talking about in class. The part I was referring to start at minute 7 and 20 seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_GIJMPmIl0&feature=related
Ciao!
Yijaaa Fern Gully!!
ReplyDeleteHaha, nice follow through with the fern gully. English is such a creative language, even I was slightly confused for a minute watching that clip. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteBecoming aware of our speech (speed, vocabulary, pronunciation, etc.) is very important. Also, please remember that "English" is ALWAYS capitalized! This is kinda important ;)
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