Speaking Partner Experience # 11

Ismenia got 77% on her quiz! Yay!

Today, we discussed question words and I had to explained that 'whose' deals with possession and what belongs to which person. We then reviewed follow-up questions.

In the Discussion Questions, Ismenia said that asking follow-up questions means asking for clarification if she does not understand something. She also said that practicing writing down questions helps one to be more comfortable with asking the questions.

We then had to play Twenty Questions as an activity, which I have never played before. I admitted to Ismenia that I have never played the game before and it turned out she hasn't either, so I invited her to get us started. She thinks it would be better to ask questions using the examples of questions.

Ismenia asked what I wanted to do after Pathways and I said I wanted to do an Administrative Assistant certificate course. I then asked her what she wanted to do and she said Web Design. We both said that we wanted to do the courses online. Ismenia said that once she is finished Pathway, she will go slower with the education course because she wants to spend time with her kids. I then asked Ismenia why she came to Pathways and she said she wanted to improve her English and wanted to reach the degree certification at BYU.

We then turned our attention to pronunciation practice using words that have an 's' ending. I reminded Ismenia that her English is getting so much better and that I only say something if she needs a correction. Ismenia says she worries about it because she sometimes makes speaking mistakes at the gathering, but I said she was improving and should be proud. We then practiced our question words.

There are 10 to 15 students in Ismenia's gathering, which is interesting.

We then practiced pronunciation of words and numbers.

At the end of the lesson, Ismenia thanked me for her time and said she really appreciated my help and I responded by giving her two thumbs up.