Catherine_TP_#12

Thursday I met with Dalal. She was happy to be in a new session, and we talked a lot about how the last session went, her finals, and reassessing where she was and what she wanted to work on. She expressed how she thinks speaking and writing are her worst two subjects. I like talking to her because I don't think she gets a ton of practice speaking English. She told me she doesn't speak English at home with her husband, even though I explained how helpful it would be if they did, even just for an hour each night. She told me she would try but its difficult, especially when talking about something she doesn't know the word for, and then she just switches to Arabic. She told me about how she ended up not being in the speaking class video, even though when I observed the class she had a part and had written a great script for it. I thought it was because she was not confident speaking out loud on camera and was embarrassed, but se explained it also was for religious reasons. I really enjoy my meetings with Dalal and learning about things from her point of view because its something I would not have considered before.