Myrick, J. TP #7

A day off from work on Saturday, lead to a great day of tutoring. Though it was early, I was ready to help Marie out. It was our speaking session and I was excited for the lesson. As always, I asked if there was anything that she had questions about and nothing at the time (though the AZ shooting happened hours later, which she asked about). So today, I decided to conduct a mini-interview with Marie about her favorite memories throughout her life. I showed her a clip of an interview that Will Smith done awhile ago, to give her an idea of what takes place during an interview and how they're conducted. In addition, I explained that when I finished she would be able to interview me and should write down 5-10 questions that she wants to ask. I began asking questions about her favorite earliest memory, which she stated: " when I care to mine brother and sisters." We exchanged back/forth and I just listened. She did alot of talking which showed me she was more confident in her conversational skills. She was relaxed/reserved, but took many pauses in between her words as she spoke fast. I told her to slow down and think about what she says before saying it. But, it was a good exchange of thoughts and I understood about 85% of what she said. When we concluded her interview, I told her that we should work on getting her word choice, pronuniciation which she said that both of those were the problems she's had. After we went over hers, she interviewed me, and I demonstrated what I was looking for and got my point across. I can say what she interviewed me about, but it was interesting to say the least.