Breanna TS #9

Date/Time: 5/20/16 12:20 PM

Location: Books-A-Million

Topic/Skill: Pronunciation/probably/religious conversation/drinking norms

Feedback provided to tutee: I noticed Ki says the word “probably” a lot, and he uses incorrectly. I noticed the error when I was correcting his sentence, “probably they coming to help me move.” I was only trying to correct his missing use of the verb “are,” but then I realized just how often he uses “probably” to start his sentences, and it sounds kind of funny. For example, “probably you are right,” “probably I am wrong,” etc. Throughout our conversation he kept trying to correct himself every time he used the word “probably,” but often he would not catch his mistake, so I would correct him. Additionally, Ki talked about his experiences going to church in Tallahassee, and he brought up the words religious, pious, and sincere. We talked about the meanings of the definitions of the words and how they are different. He also asked about social norms in the drinking/smoking culture in Tallahassee. He explained how in Korea people never stand around and drink, they don’t party in their houses, they eat while they are drinking, which seems very different from here.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Ki has become much more aware of the pronunciation errors we have been working on over the last few sessions. If he messes up on the common words I have repeatedly corrected him on, such as professor, focus, revise, etc., then he corrects himself right away before I can say or do anything. However some words are still very difficult, such as usually.