Jamaal TS#2

I met with Ahmed yesterday for the first time. He's at FSU only to learn English, and after, he'll go to a university in Indiana to get a Master's in Political Science. He is pretty knowledgeable about current events but reads the news in Arabic. So, I've already decided one of his first assignments is going to be reading a newspaper article. We spent most of our time learning about each other and our backgrounds. He explained his weaknesses in English so I gave him a confidence test in order to capture how he feels about his own English skills at this moment. He definitely underestimates his current level of English but I believe that's a normal feeling people have when they're learning a new those required pilot courses. However, he plans now to get his Masters and go back to work in Saudi Arabia. The courses he takes at CIES are Group 3 and above so there's plenty of evidence to say he has an intermediate level of understanding English. I look forward to our future sessions and the progress he'll make.