Leslie TS #6


Leslie TS #6 CIES Building 6/4/18 3-4 pm

Tutee and I continued to work on vowel sounds, minimal pairs, and groups of letters of the alphabet with similar phonetic sounds. Student had been out of town at the last session time. He told me he and his family of six had driven to Washington, DC. They had stopped along the way and had a good time. We had a conversation about traveling and places we had been around the world. He spoke most of the time for speaking practice. He was able to understand my questions as listening practice. His questions and comments were appropriate and showed interest. I understood him but did correct pronunciation and grammar and we practiced those points. His five daughters are in Tallahassee. He said they speak better English than he does. We talked about English language activities he could do with his children that would be fun and good learning and practice for him. He said after final exam week he will be gone for a week or two. So next session may be the last one.

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