I met with Yujeong again at Dunkin Donuts, and I gave her the book The Fault In Our Stars. I think it is about at her level. Possibly a bit challenging, but in a level appropriate way. I owned the book already, and I thought it was a good choice because she is into romance books. It also has a movie that came out recently and was very popular, so I thought have the movie as a supplement would help a lot.
We discussed the book for a little while and discussed the major themes of it. I made sure she understand basic terms for the book, words like- cancer, Amsterdam, blind, etc. There are major themes in the book that do not use daily words, so we talked about that. We read a little bit into the book just so I could be sure that it was level appropriate. Yujeong is only at Level 1, but is very advanced for a Level 1. She told me it was because she chose to stay back in Level 1 instead of advancing. She is nervous about the workload and difficulty level of going up a level, and I tried to talk her through it. She is way too advanced for Level 1, so I was trying to convince her to move up levels. She is learning Japanese as well right now, and I think is discouraged a little because Japanese is so similar to Korean. So, learning English is naturally much more difficult. I hope she takes my advice and moves up, because her brain is definitely language-oriented, and she has a lot more to improve. I am hoping that The Fault In Our Stars will help to facilitate that.
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