TP #3 Mel

Last Wednesday I met my tutoring partner Mitsue. We ended up going to the William Johnson building and talked about what she struggles with the most with learning English. She is from Japan and has moved around a bit with her husband who is in the military. She has tried learning English a few times before, but never got through a full course because she moved a lot. She really wanted to go over grammar and sentence structure which she has only a foundation level for. I was a little unprepared with my grammar knowledge, but we mostly went over basic tenses. I have already borrowed a grammar book from my friend for next week session, so I can actually explain why a grammar rule exist. We also practiced going over mouth formations for certain pronunciations, she struggles especially with “t” and “th” sounds. While we were walking back to CIES, we made plan to go to a football game or she said she'd make me dinner sometime!