Julia Smith TS #2

Today, January 27, I had my first tutoring session with Salem. We met at Starbucks, and because it was our first session we just talked and I asked him a few questions in order to understand his English level and history. I had trouble with my phone and was late but he was very understanding and nice. I discovered that he wants to work mostly on his productive skills, because he mentioned that he had difficulty in writing and pronunciation. He told me that he can think of the English words and phrases in his head, but has a hard time communicating them sometimes, and feels like he is not understood some of the time. There was only two or three words throughout the entire session that I could not understand because of pronunciation, and so I told him that in the words that he uses his pronunciation is understandable. He was very eager to practice more English because he does not live with English speakers, as he mentioned that he would like to meet as much as possible with me. I enjoyed meeting Salem and seeing his enthusiasm in learning and bettering his English.