Mane-TS#9


Tutoring #9

Around the time of my and Abdulrahman’s ninth tutoring session, is when Leslie and I were getting ready to do our speaking lesson with one of the CIES classes. The gist of our lesson plan was to ask the students to describe their perfect day. I asked Abdulrahman to describe his perfect day. He said it would be the day that he graduates from law school. He then went on to describe in detail what he would do on that day. For example, he said he would throw a big party and invite all of his friends and family. I asked him what he thinks each one of his family members would tell him and how would he respond back. We had a long conversation about the imagined reactions from his family members and friends.

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