Ceridwyn Griffis TS #2


       My second tutoring session was Wednesday, June 19th. This time I met with my other tutee, Futa Kuroki, from 2:55 to 4:00. We first introduced ourselves, and I mentioned how my major is Japanese and I had an interest in their culture as well, since I knew he was a Japanese student. I went over the needs assessment packet, paying most of my attention to the packet’s questions since Futa said he wanted a lot of help with speaking. He did well overall, but he did stumble a bit and sometimes had to ask for words or explanations of words used. We also talked about some difficulties he faces learning English as a Japanese student. For example, they do not have a “th” sound in Japanese, and the “v” used in borrowed words is pronounced as a “b”. Of course, we also talked about the differences between “l” and “r” since there is no distinction between the two in Japanese, and I said them each a few times and he tried repeating after me. At the end, he said he would write a practice essay and bring it in the next time because he also wanted some help with composition.

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