I met with Shuo after class during a weekday. Like I said in an earlier blog, Shuo would like to concentrate on listening skills. She brought a piece of paper with questions that she had or wanted to review. Most of what we went over were listening difficulties that Shuo had. For example Shuo could not differentiate when Americans say "is" or "isn't". "Was and wasn't" was also a big problem for Shuo. To help her with this I would repeat each pair of words she had trouble with in a sentence. After repeating them 10 to 15 times. I also told her that some words are pronounced exactly the same, and the best way to differentiate is by context clues.
We also worked on her pronunciation of would and would've. We also practiced this through repetition. When she was finally pronouncing it correctly I asked her to use both in a sentence.
Overall this tutoring session went perfect. Shuo is very motivated to perfect her English listening and speaking ability.
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