Damil_TP_#12

Adult TP- 6
2/13/2015

5 PM

Starbucks
Tennessee St. 

Topic/Skill:
-Vocabulary
-Speaking

-Everyday Items

This evening I meet up with my student Mutaz Barki at a Starbucks in Tennessee St. We usually study new vocabulary and practice his reading skills that he has been working on in class. Yet, today’s session was quite different from everything else that we have done. He asked me to help him to learn how to ask for a roommate in English. So we first went over new related vocabulary words like “roommate, rent, bill, etc”. We also went over a few expressions like “I need a roommate who can practice speaking English with me”.

During our session together, we also practiced for his final speaking class exam Friday next week. The oral exam will be about describing everyday items and activities in Mutaz’s life. We created a list of key words of everyday items that we felt that he needed to be able to describe. Afterwards, I verbally quizzed Mutaz about how he used the item or performed the activity. For example, I asked Mutaz “What do you, Mutaz, do every morning?” I wake up in the morning and the wash teeth and shave. Then I go eat breakfast and drink coffee.” He practiced explain to me in the simple present and simple continuous tense how his typical day is. At times I had to ask him to pause, listen to how I expressed myself using the same exact words that he was trying to say, and emulate how I applied syllable stress and word emphasis when he repeated it. I firmly believe Mutaz is going to do very well in his final exams next week. He is very dedicated. I feel that I really need to continue helping him acquire new vocabulary and English expressions.