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David Kirsch CP #6

I spoke with Dakhil for our last conversation partner meeting on August 7 th at Starbucks, where we actually first met at the beginning of the TEFL course. We did not have much time to talk, as he was getting ready to begin travelling that Friday and was going to be celebrating his birthday on the 8 th . For the most part, we spoke of how he enjoyed his time in Tallahassee so far and how he enjoyed the CIES program. Like the other CIES students I had spoken to, he really enjoyed his classes and the friends he had made, but because he did not have a car, he actually wasn’t able to see a lot of the city during his time here. We also spoke about what he plans to do when he returns from his travels and begins his studies at FSU. I recommended that he go to as many FSU sports events as he can to really get a sense of the Nole spirit. I told him that I really enjoyed talking to him during the conversation partner program and wished him luck with his academic goals.
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Sara Young TS #15

Date/Time: 07/24/19 Location: CIES Lounge Topic discussed: Final Review Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: When I met up with Andres, we jumped straight into our final review of what he learned, with example sentences on different vocabulary words he learned, as well as idioms and how to understand different homographs depending on context clues. It was a long list of over 50 homographs, as well as a lot of context clues to puzzle piece, which Andres was able to do almost flawlessly. I also noticed grammatical improvements in Andres's speech, to which I respectfully congratulated him. After covering everything, I provided Andres with the list of vocabulary and homographs before wishing him the best of luck on his English studies and saying goodbye.
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Sara Young TS #16

Date/Time: 07/26/19 Location: CIES Lounge Topic discussed: Final Review Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: Seungjae and I met for our second and final tutoring session, in which I set up a review with example sentences and worksheets to allow him to practice grammar tenses he did not understand. This tutoring session took over an hour, as with many of the questions on the practice he had concerns, to which I helped him clarify with detailed explanations and reasons to grammar. He luckily showed much more understanding at the end of the tutoring session, to which I encouraged him to continue his studies and provided him additional information that would help explain these grammar tenses he struggled with. 
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Sara Young TS #14

Date/Time: 07/23/19 Location: CIES Lounge Topic discussed: Getting to Know One Another Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: I met Seungjae for the first time. Seungjae (Or his preferred American name "Chris") is a Korean ESL student at CIES, who lost his tutor because of her early departure from the TEFL program. Because of this, Seungjae had neither a tutor nor a conversation partner, although very eager to have both. Since I heard of this situation from my fellow conversation partner, I decided to speak with Seungjae and volunteer to tutor him for at least two sessions and help him in some way in his English studies. We got to know each other briefly before getting into his main concerns, which were present perfect (+ present perfect continuous) tenses, which I explained thoroughly and gave explanations as he took notes and practiced with sentences.
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Sara Young TS #13

Date/Time: 07/22/19 Location: CIES Lounge Topic discussed: Homograph Practice Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: Andres and I met and discussed homographs, a simple word to describe words that can be used in multiple contexts, a word I was not aware of which would have made tutoring sessions easier for him when it came down to activities, We practiced with example sentences using words like "milk" and "can" to find meanings to their definitions through context clues to find out the meaning of the sentences. Luckily, I had been tutoring Andres on how to find these context clues using cultural knowledge, to which he successfully showed understanding in how to use the clues. We decided to host a final review of everything the next and final tutoring session, covering both context clue usage and homographs, as well as all prior vocabulary we had learned together throughout our sessions.
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Sara Young TS #12

Date/Time: 07/17/19 Location: CIES Lounge Topic discussed: Review Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: Marcia came in after I met with Andres and we hosted a review of all of the concerns she previously had during her first two tutoring sessions, both of which were answered and clarified. Marcia was able to successfully show understanding of the material during our review on present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses, as well as prepositions, all of which were her only real concerns. With this, Marcia and I concluded our third and final tutoring session, after which I provided her with additional links in the case she doesn't understand or remember grammar we covered in the future before wishing her the best of luck in her future English studies.
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Sara Young TS #11

Date/Time: 07/17/19 Location: CIES Lounge Topic discussed: George Lopez and Other American Sitcoms Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: Andres and I decided to watch part of an episode of the George Lopez sitcom during our tutoring session, in which Andres was asked to pick up vocabulary or idioms he's never heard before, in which the list was extensive due to the fact that the show is in native English and uses everyday phrases heard in America. Andres also lacked some cultural knowledge on idioms and phrases that were explained to him, to which he enjoyed learning about. At the end of the session, he was given a list of vocabulary words and phrases to cover on his own.
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