Today I met my child tutee, Seoha, for the first time. She was very shy and quiet, but seemed to understand most of my conversation. Her mom said that speaking and writing are the areas she thinks Seoha should work on. Seoha is only five but she already knows the alphabet -- she easily and accurately identified all the letters I showed her, which is pretty good for any 5 year old, native speakers included. Even though she seemed to understand most of what I said to her, her productive vocabulary seemed much weaker. She answered every question with only one or two words, though it was hard to tell if that was simply because she is shy. I asked her a lot of questions to see how much she could understand, and then I read her several books, pausing to ask questions about the story or to test her comprehension. She seemed to enjoy the books and was very attentive. She is a really sweet girl; I think the biggest challenge will be finding ways to draw her out and get her to talk.
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