On Friday, February 6th, I had my third tutoring session with my advanced foundations tutee, Angelica. We met in the afternoon at the starbucks near campus. Angelica was very eager to learn, and was already working on school work when I arrived.
That friday, Angelica and I worked on vocabulary and minimal pairs. We were originally not going to work on minimal pairs, but she brought them up because it was a question that was concerning her in her everyday life. She asked me to explain the difference in pronunciation between "Beer", "beard", and "bear", and "chip" and "cheap". This was not really a question that I was prepared to answer, so it was more difficult for me to explain the reasoning behind the difference in sound. After this, Angelica went through her readings and asked me to define words and use them in context. She said that this really helped her when she was speaking to people.
As I have said before, I think that Angelica has a much more advanced level of english than foundations. Though she may not know as much vocabulary, you can tell that she picks up on things quickly just by living in Tallahassee.
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