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TS1 with Bruke from Ethiopia
Today Bruke agreed to meet with me for a hour long tutoring session. The first half hour was spent discussing his English learning experiences. He told me about how the school system works in his country and that he has been studying English since middle school. He has a very good grasp of English comprehension but severely lacks on communication. He has a tendency of using the same words for almost every answer. When I mentioned this to him, he acknowledged he was not comfortable with speaking and agreed to discuss simple verbs and their tenses. When the hour was over, we agreed to meet again and continue, but this will not happen because Bruke has since been fired for repeated no call no show.
James,
ReplyDeleteyour partner sounds very interesting. Your blog left off with a cliffhanger, where was he fired from?? Is he a CIES student or someone you know from somewhere else??