Isabel TS #2



Tutoring Session #2 - Ali

Today I had my first tutoring session with Ali. Ali is from Saudi Arabia and came to the United States with his wife so he can get his Master's Degree in electrical engineering. He and his wife plan on enrolling in FSU classes after finishing CIES and passing the TOEFL exam. Ali is in Group 2, and he was able to carry a conversation fairly well. The main areas he wants to practice are speaking and listening, so for this session I focused on dialogue and having a conversation with him. We spoke about why he came to the US, his life back home vs here, and Saudi Arabian food. Ali also wanted to practice some indirect activities with grammar. I wrote some fill-in-the-blank sentences for him so he could practice conjugating verbs. He invited me to have lunch with him, his wife, and some other CIES students and teachers this Sunday. I am looking forward to it!

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