Ben TS #5

I met with Yongbae, my adult tutee, for the second time on Monday.  We talked a little bit about Korean cuisine culture.  He told me about kimchi and ramen from a Korean’s perspective. I told him of my experience with 3 minute microwave ramen and he told me about the authentic Korean version.  After that, we went over his class work for a little bit from the prior week. We are going to focus on speaking and listening throughout our tutoring sessions because those are the areas he is weak in and also motivated to improve upon the most. At the end of the lesson he told me he would like feedback on his speaking, for both grammar and pronunciation. I am glad he told me because I was reluctant to give him feedback unsolicited. I told him I will work on giving feedback in future lessons. I think it would also be helpful to send him some links online for how to pronounce certain syllables in the English language geared towards Asian speakers.