Raleigh TS #3

Date/Time: 5/31/17 (3pm)
Location: CIES
Topic/Skill: speaking
Feedback provided to tutee: She has good pronunciation. She just needs to be more confident when she speaks.

Today, I met with Dasom again, and we were working on speaking. We were mainly just talking about different wedding traditions in different places because she asked me about my trip to New York this past weekend where I went to a wedding. It was a really interesting conversation, and she seemed to open up more today. She was speaking more and didn't seem as embarrassed about it today. She was interested in the conversation, and she was telling me that she wants to visit New York during the break between the next 2 CIES sessions. She said she would also be interested in going to Boston or DC or Chicago too. She asked me where I went in New York and told me that she wanted to see the Charging Bull statue and the Statue of Liberty. I also asked her about Seoul since that's where she's from. She said that there's a river that runs through Seoul where people will rent bikes and just ride around. She said she doesn't do too much more than that though. She said that the tourists in Seoul are usually from China and that the tourists generally just shop. She really wants to see Chinatown in New York also because she said Korea is the only country that doesn't have a legit Chinatown. Overall, I think today went really well because she seems to be more confident in her speaking, and she has more to say. I just need to make sure she's interested in the topic so that she can talk more like she did today.