Keunhwa TS#12

Date/Time: Oc. 14/ 05:35~06:40

Location: at Book-a-Million

Topic/Skill: Tongue twisters, Poem of English pronunciation, Critical incidents of us/ speaking and writing

Feedback provided to tutor, Neila: When I entered into Book-a-million, I heard the song, ‘New soul’ which Neila introduced to me.  From that time when I listen to this song, I would think of her.  She showed me a poem about English pronunciation which I had seen before, but appeared difficult, because it had tons of unfamiliar words and it was a poem, not a story.  I felt afraid of it, so I didn’t try to understand its purpose. However, at this time I could follow the lines of it with Neila.  She read it with explanation.  Then she showed many tongue twisters, and I was interested in the ones using ‘w’ sound. I practiced them with rhythm she taught me.  I told her about my critical incidents in the U.S. and she told me about hers in France.  She edited my writing as well.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutor you learned: She informed me of a poem which says that English pronunciation is crazy.  If I say English pronunciation is crazy, people, who are trying to study it, would think that my English is not good enough. However, if Neila says the same thing, people would think she is right, or everybody agrees on it like themselves.  Anybody can read Korean if he or she learns the Korean Alphabet, but I can’t read unfamiliar American persons’ and cities’ names, so I want to say that it’s crazy.  In writing, it appeared evident, I should reveal the verb ‘sit’ before on the seat.