Savannah TP #7

I tutored Libo and Cui.  For this first session I wanted to talk to them for a while to gauge thier listening and speaking levels and to see what they would like to get out of each tutoring session.    Cui is from China and it is a bit difficult for me to understand him.  He does not understand everything I say either.  Libo is fom Colombia and it is much easier for me to comprehend what he is saying.  There are two parts to this: I understand the habits of words and the difference in cognates's meanings, and he will say a quick phrase or word in Spanish to clarify his meaning.


When asked what their weakest subject in English was and what they wanted to improve on they both said speaking and listening.   I told them that we could work on that and I will prepare questions and conversation activities for us to do.  I asked Cui and Libo what they do for fun.  They said they don't do anything for fun. Cui said he only does homework and sleep.  Libo said he feels useless when he isn't working and he doesn't like holidays because it's a day off of work.   Libo also said he is very self-sufficient: he does his own laundy, cooks, and cleans.  He said his mom taught him that it is important to be able to provide for yourself.  He said he is very different from his machista surroundings in Colombia.


I planned on preparing easy cultural questions so we could expand on vocabulary.