Erika CP #1

My conversation partner’s name is Abdulgader, but he wants to be called gader. He is from the country of Libya. He showed me pictures of his country and it is beautiful. We also talked about some of his favorite foods from his country and where he has been in Tallahassee. He said he is not a huge fan of the rain; it does not rain often during the summer in his country. He told me he likes to watch the show Friends to help him with English, so I told him I have the seasons and can give him some episodes. He wants to practice talking, but he doesn’t like to speak a lot. He would rather listen to me talk. I think he is uncomfortable because he believes he cannot speak English well however, he speaks quite well. Throughout the session I made sure to tell him he is doing well and that he shouldn’t be nervous because he is saying everything correctly. He only made a couple of pronunciation errors. For example, when he was talking about food from his country one of the ingredients is flour, but he was pronouncing it like floor.