Emily TS #3

Date/Time: Thursday, 23 March 2017 at 10 AM

Location: Skype

I had my second meeting with Dojun this week and it was our first true session with new vocabulary and learning objectives. Since our first session was an evaluation and revolved around me asking Dojun about himself I decided our second session would involve a listening activity about me. I began by reading a one page history of myself, including my travel, education, family life, and hobbies. Dojun and I then went over the new vocabulary and I had him read aloud the comprehension questions to make sure he understood the assignment. I then reread the About Emily text and had him answer the comprehension questions after I read. The next portion of our session focused on Dojun’s listening skills for faster audio such as the dialogue you would often hear in videos. I had him watch a video on the history of cursive handwriting then, together, we went over the vocabulary and comprehension questions. I had him answer what comprehension questions he could from memory then I read a transcript of the video aloud to him. My goal throughout our forthcoming sessions will be to help Dojun strengthen his listening skills for faster dialogue. Dojun can understand native English speakers with relative ease, but struggles with native English audio and video that has faster dialogue. As our session concluded I tasked Dojun with listening to one American podcast, from a provided list, a week and noting any vocabulary he does recognize as well as any that he does not. I want Dojun to recognize that he does have the skills to listen to rapidly spoken English.