Demery TP-10

When I was preparing for our tutoring session, I realized that Dojun and I had spent our last few sessions focusing heavily on grammar. Although the grammar sessions are incredibly helpful and informative, I wanted to make sure that we were also focusing on grammar in use (instead of simply studying the mechanics of grammar). So, I decided that our session today would focus on speaking skills. Dojun and I spent some time talking about the weather, and he mentioned that it was entering into monsoon season. This lead to us comparing and contrasting the differences between hurricane season and monsoon season. (I'm from south florida, so I have a lot of hurricane experience). We ended up talking about hurricane Katrina and it's effects on New Orleans. Once we finished working on our speaking skills, we worked on idioms. I taught Dojun some idioms, and then he mentioned that he was having trouble distinguishing between idioms and proverbs. After a couple minutes, I think I was able to give him a solid understanding of the difference. I use my hands a lot when I teach, and I saw him replicate one of my hand movements when he explained what an idiom was.