Joseph Bayliss TS#3

Yesterday, June 24th, I met with my tutee, Sumi, again. Sumi has recently begun completing exercises in a new English writing and grammar book that she purchased. From what I have seen, this book is a clear step up, in terms of difficulty, compared with her previous practice book, which provided little challenge during our last session. The lesson that was tripping her up in the new book covered gerund phrases. This proved to be a problem for Sumi as it was her brush with irregular restructurings of the typical 'Subject-Verb-Object' format that English more often adheres to. I spent a great deal of time breaking down the lesson bit by bit, having her provide me with examples of her own at multiple points along the way. A breakthrough came when Sumi realized that she had been using gerund phrases, in essence, when utilizing dependent clauses that contained words like 'when' and 'while'. She was able to understand and correctly utilize gerund phrases following this realization. Aside from that, we discussed some confusing points of cultural etiquette like tipping and smiling at people on the street. Ultimately, I had a great time tutoring Sumi and plan to do so again this coming Friday.

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