Sunday I had met up with shy and mild mannered Inhyeong for our second session. She came in bright spirits and always laughing a bit, a quality that betokens the deference of Koreans so I've noticed. We broke the ice, as it were, with a game of three statements, one of which is a lie that the other participant must guess at. I thank Andrea for this little speaking game, as I find it of good use to limber up a tutee's English mindset. After this, I had reviewed with her some of the idioms that we covered prior and I asked to see how comfortable she was with possibly utilizing them in conversation with a native speaker. The goal I feel for these next few sessions will be to embolden her confidence in the knowledge she already possesses in order to begin communicating with her surrounding environment. The activities of the session, thus, were centered around speaking and listening. A notable success during this session was listening to a song by Tears for Fears, Sowing the Seeds of Love. This song features heavily many idioms as well as a melodious line that was fun to listen to again and again. She learnt the meaning of "sowing the seeds" as well as what the "birds and the bees" mean. It was a fun lesson to be sure.
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