TP Session #4 (1/24/2014)
I met with Val on Saturday at
Starbucks. Val is from Taiwan and has been in Tallahassee for about a month. She did not really have any questions or concerns about her
schoolwork, and the meeting quickly became much more “conversation partner-y.”
She feels that her current classes are a bit too easy for her, and rather boring.
However, she does feel that she could improve her writing, in particularly the
style of essay writing required for the TOEFL. I intend to get hold of a bunch
of TOEFL material to get started on writing exercises. This is a great
opportunity, not just for her to increase her writing ability, but for me to
begin exploring the TOEFL writing section and understand its challenges.
Throughout our conversation, we
kept a pen and paper handy so that I could correct her on any mispronounced
words, and write down new vocabulary words. The session as such became more
speaking and listening focused. Though Val will undoubtedly be challenged more
and more as her classes go on, I feel like I should quickly get her something
more difficult to chew on before she gets frustrated and bored. I’m looking
forward to getting started on some TOEFL-Writing work in with Val.
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