Tutoring

I met with Tuba for tutoring. She needed to go to the bank and asked if I would just go with her and we could talk today for tutoring. As we walked she told me about her weekend. She said that she had some friends over and they made a chocolate cake. The cake turned out well. She was very happy about this because she used the recipe that was given to her verbally in one of her speaking classes. She was a little concerned that she had not copied all of the directions down correctly, but she said that it turned out well.
I asked her if all of her roommates were also students at CIES. She said they were. I also asked her if they spoke English when they were not in school. She told me they try to speak English as much as they can. She said sometimes, depending on the topic, it is just too difficult to speak completely in English. She also said that it is difficult because they are all not as proficient in speaking as they are in reading and writing. She is a little apprehensive, as well because she and her roommates feel that they may be practicing incorrectly.
I told her I thought it was great they took the initiative to speak English at home. I shared with her the things that I have learned in class about the importance of speaking English outside of the classroom setting. She seemed very happy with this information and said that she would continue doing this at home.