Joseph Bayliss TS #2

Today, I met with Yong, a South Korean student who has been in the United States for 4 months and counting. Honestly, I was blown away by Yong's grasp of conversational English. Due to his fluency, we were able to easily discuss a great number of topics, including the varieties of Korean and English dialects, culturally specific food items, and places we wish to visit, among many others. Yong expressed to me that he has been struggling with his listening skills and how they relate to slang speech and the regular, brisk pace of a fluent English conversation. He also expressed a degree of self consciousness regarding the variety of vocabulary that he employs in both writing and speaking. For our next session, he will bring in a handful reading materials and a list of slang words, idioms, and strange grammar structures that confused him while watching the English television series "The Office". I hope to hybridize his love for comedy series, like "The Office", with his eagerness to improve his conversational English. At the same time, I plan on bolstering his repertoire of vocabulary to assist him in spicing up his speech and writing.

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