Nikolas-CP1

On Tuesday I met with my conversation partner during the Tea Hour. His name is Majed Alharbi and he is from Saudi-Arabia. The first time was time to learn to know each other, so not so much English practice yet. Majed comes from ar-Riyadh (the Saudi capital), when I correctly remember, and studies his master for business and plans to study at University of Western Kentucky. He comes to CIES to improve his English. He has been with CIES 2 weeks, but was in Tallahassee longer. He has studied English since the middle school and can speak good, although he needs time to think about his words. He thinks that his English is bad, but many language learners have this opinion, porbably because own progress harder to notice in head, because he focuses on negative. I try to correct him when it is possible too because he asks me for this help. We discussed our future plans for studies and after. He found that I have family from Germany interesting and mentioned that a relative worked several years in Hamburg. We spoke about hobbies and I found out he likes to play soccer (both here and in his homeland) and has played tennis couple times at FSU. I mention I like to watch World Cup when it comes, but cannot play sport good. We were both confused why soccer is not called "football" in America, but another different sport! He hopes to meet more after his Spring Break.