October 15, 2015
I met with Boram at CIES for another tutoring session. We talked about her TOEFL studying and how she was finding it difficult to stay motivated. I suggested she make a set schedule and reward herself for completing the study times she sets for herself. She told me how using the idea to record herself was helping her improve her TOEFL speaking answers but she was struggling with not sounding so monotone. She praised me for having lots of inflection in my voice and after analyzing my speech, I suggested she lengthen and emphasize the vowels in the words she is speaking to sound less monotone. I told her I struggle with sounding like that when I am very tired and it is extra effort to draw out the words, but it makes you sound more cheery and shows your emotions better. She appreciated the suggestion as it was out of the box and she had never thought of it like that before.
Elizabeth Lopez
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