I met with Elly when I filmed my final exam. It went well and I really appreciate her friends’ help and time. After, Elly and I went out for frozen yogurt again (she really likes Sunberry). She always orders the white chocolate mousse flavor!
We talked about the new session. Elly is super excited that she got boosted to a group 4. There was a meeting for communications majors and she said she is nervous because there is a lot of pressure to get a 90 on TOEFL this session to be allowed into the program. She also said that there are now 100 students at CIES, an all time record.
I talked about the friends she has made so far. Elly only hangs out with Taiwanese people and says she isn’t comfortable enough yet with English to really try and hang out with English speakers or date a local. I think she is very fluent though! Part of it is that after speaking English all day which can be very stressful, she just wants to go home and relax.
I volunteered to be Elly’s conversation partner again this session, so I will be seeing her at teatime this Thursday at CIES.
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