Caleb Dros TS #12

On July 15th I met Ngoc at the CIES lounge. We continued our reading of ESL passages while practicing her intonation and reading commas. I reinforced the same lesson as last time. I realized a few things about Ngoc's speaking. Firstly, she said she feels silly or weird when trying to speak with fluctuating intonations because Vietnamese is a very 'straight' (read monotone) language. I agreed with her although I know intonations are just relative.

As we went through the session I noticed a minimal pairing issue with the way she understands J-Z. I had no idea that this would be an issue, particularly in saying the words 'jealous' and 'James' instead of zealous and Zames. Other than this, I've noticed that Ngoc is becoming better at recognizing long vowel sounds and short vowel sounds. She seems to be a very intuitive language speaker. Once she 'warms up' into the lesson she becomes significantly better at English. I've also noticed this when seeing her transition from speaking to friends to going into "lesson" mode.

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