I met with Jun to go over more vocabulary. Jung, Jun's mom, said she thought the best thing to do would be to have pictures ready and maybe some questions and vocabulary words ready for him to use. I had the idea of using a picture dictionary with a theme to facilitate conversation. I think Jun enjoys doing it this way and I noticed that conversation was more fluid and we had lots of things to talk about!
We focused on farm animals. He understood what a bull was after I explained its horns and that it is male. We talked about its temperament. He also understood calf with my help. It was very hard explaining cattle but after some time it occurred to me that he might know what a cowboy is. He thought that cowboys ride cows! I explained that cattle are a group of cows used for human use and cowboys watch over the cattle and take care of them. He understood chick and chickens and told me in Korea they eat a lot of beef and chicken. He had no idea what a colt was. I explained this to him as well. He did not know the difference between a donkey and a goat. I tried to explain this as best as I could but I'm not sure if he's seen either of them. When we got to "hen" I asked him if he knew what hens lay. He didn't know or either didn't know how to say "egg" in English. We had a conversation about how much people eat eggs and how we just take hens' eggs all the time. He told me he has ridden a horse. I explained what lamb was and ask him if he's ever eaten lamb. He said no and I told him it's delicious.
I asked him sound a rooster made and he did it. So did I! He said they make sounds in the morning. I explained to him that sheep is both singular and plural. He said they look warm.
I liked this method of tutoring. It was more natural and along with being loaded with vocabulary it's enjoyable as well.
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