I met with Jason and his father at Starbucks. We used as the basis of our English studies a homework paper that Jason was working on which had specific questions about people that the student admired. We first studied South Korea's Ji Song Park, Jason's favorite soccer player. We investigated when and where he was born, what teams he played for, and finally watched a video of highlights of goals he made during his career.
Next, we did a computer investigation into Sejong the Great, a Korean ruler who died in 1450. Sejong the Great invented the Korean alphabet. Jason has difficulties with certain prepositions: e.g., "He died at (in) 1450." He also struggles with certain verbs, e.g., "He born" instead of "He was born".
We read aloud an article in the magazine Time Kids about Lionel Messi, an Argentine who is currently considered to be the best soccer player in the world. Among the vocabulary we considered were: on loan from, discipline, impressive, Europe, and the soccer terms striker, middle fielder, and defender.
To better identify Jason's interests, we spoke about what some of Jason's favorite films were: Transformers, Harry Potter, Ironman, and Superbad 1 and 2.
My last activity with Jason was for him to relate a true story related to soccer. He told a story about someone on an opposing team kicking the ball, which hits one of Jason's teammates in the back of the head, and the ball rolling into the goal for a score. You will find that Jason has a sense of humor if you pay attention to him.
Before leaving, I helped Jason's father, Jongkwon, with a cultural and language problem he was having with a rental car agency. It appears he may have been taken advantage of, and false accusations leveled against him for supposed paint damage to the bumper two months ago. He had not signed any acknowledgement of the damage done.
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