I met with Daehwan
on Wednesday, July 31st in
the CIES lounge for more TA speaking test preparation. He showed me more
transcripts he prepared that he wanted me to look over. I checked his answers
and gave him multiple ways to rephrase some of his answers. There was one
particular question that asked the student to make up a story to persuade a
police officer to not give him a ticket. Daehwan wasn't able to make up a very
convincing story and so I have him a rather humorous example:
“Good afternoon
officer. The reason that I was speeding is because I was in a rush to pick up
my pregnant wife from home. She is about to deliver and second and so I really
needed to hurry so I could make it to the hospital”
“Good” was his response. I’m glad
my suggestion was well received. It’s good that Daehwan has a sense of humor because it makes the tutoring sessions engaging and interactive. After reviewing the rest of his written
answers, he read them to me. The only problem I noticed with him was his
cadence in some of his sentences. I helped him with creating an American
English rhythm by reciting the phrases for him and then he would mimic my
recitation. Since this exam is based on volume of
speech, I think that the answers he’ll create in the exam will be formatted
well since he already knows the general structure of the questions from the
mock exam.
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