Adam TP # 8

Today I met with one of my Korean tutees, Suyeol Ji, at 3:00 p.m. in the CIES lounge. He entered the room accompanied by my other Korean tutee, Daehyup, with whom I agreed to meet on Friday after his CIES classes. Suyeol Ji is currently learning about reading and writing. He showed me a piece of writing he had done for his class. He occasionally struggled with capitalization, and apparently was unaware that a sentence could not be begun with "so," "and" or "but." I explained this rule to him and gave him examples, which he said he was very quick to understand. He also asked me to explain synonyms and antonyms as context clues, so I gave him several examples and also explained the examples in his textbook. He is also studying the structure of essays and paragraphs, which I helped him with. For example, he wanted me to double check whether his understanding of topics, main ideas, and supporting ideas was correct. He also asked me to correct grammatical errors that he made in speech, so I agreed that I would and politely pointed out several issues with word order or word form in his spoken English. He seemed very eager to be corrected so that he could gain an understanding of correct word order and word usage. In general, Suyeol Ji seemed very humble, studious, and willing to accept correction so that he could improve. He has a very positive attitude about learning English, which is a task I hope to be able to continue to help him with. We both agreed to meet again on Wednesday afternoon after his classes.