October 1, 2015
I met with Boram again at Starbucks to go over her TOEFL speaking skills. At our last session, I had recommended that Boram record herself answering the speaking questions so she could listen and self assess her answers. She showed me the three questions she had practiced and we discuss the types of questions typically used for the TOEFL. Many of the questions appear simple, but require a lot of self analysis and self awareness and Boram says realized she does not possess much of this before studying for this test. I listened to the recordings Boram had on her phone and after each recording was done, I went over some errors and places where she struggled to answer. I suggested she write her reasons and examples so they would be simple and easy to go off of when speaking. We also worked on answering and finishing a sentence without pauses or using "um" when thinking of what to say next.
Elizabeth Lopez
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