Paige CP #3

Last Friday, Brenda and I met up again. We decided to meet at Proof alongside other CIES students for First Friday. At Proof, I went with Brenda to the bar and supported her as she ordered a drink in English. Beforehand, we went over on how to set up the sentence before she spoke to the bartender. Afterwards, and for most of night, we spent the time talking while listening to the live band. We talked about the differences in certain drinks in America vs Mexico as well as her favorite settings in terms of nightlife in Tallahassee. Something I noticed was that she still puts articles in front of her nouns, like "I saw her with the husband." as well as the wrong verb conjugations, like "When I going to the store..." However, she is becoming more aware of these mistakes before I have the chance to correct her and will either correct them herself or look to me for a correction. All in all, we had a great meeting.

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