Andy_TP#8

Yesterday I met with HeeLee and we went over a test that she had taken in her writing class. Her teacher had given the assignment back with the typical editing symbols for her to correct. This was my first experience editing something that HeeLee had written, but it was a good opportunity for me to see what a typical assignment looks like after a first round of editing and it helped me to get a better understanding of what levels HeeLee is at. It's quite remarkable because she in level 4/5 grammar, composition and reading, but she is at a level 1 in her speaking and listening classes, so she can read and write very well, but doesn't have confidence in her ability to choose her words and speak them. Sometimes I feel like I might be talking to fast because she does give me a look every once in a while like she didn't understand everything I just said.
HeeLee's paper had good variety of errors for us to work on putting pretty much all the knowledge and skills I've learned so far in our class to the test. I found that the best way for us to work was to read all her sentences aloud, this gave me a good idea of what she was trying to say and how I could help her say it properly. We changed a few words, corrected some articles, prepositions and verb agreements, but I think my favorite thing to do is help HeeLee find the right "expression" that she is looking for, which has twice now been for her closings or conclusions. Her paper was on the similarities and differences between past, present and future generations of Koreans. So we talked about it for a bit and then I came up with the phrase "follow in our footsteps". She liked it a lot and when I went to explain to her what it meant, she stopped me and said that they have the same expression in Korea. I found this very interesting and I had her teach me how to say it in Korean. They're is no doubt that HeeLee's English is better than my Korean, but I enjoy learning more about their culture as I help her with ours.