Monday, April 25, 2011
Ayerim - CP4
Amer and I haven't met in two weeks, now. It was a our normal tea time meeting and truthfully the last place I wanted to be. My eyes were closing shut. I was trying to look for Amer and finally found him. I told him I needed caffeine and asked him if he wanted to go to Circle K with me. We did. I got my coffe and he got some lemonade. We decided to just sit at the sitting area by the Circle K which was empty. Let me tell you, thank god for that caffeine, because Amer did not stop talking for a full 45 minutes. It was on topic after the other and it made me so happy to hear him talk so much and try to say new words. It was definitely a huge improvement from the first time we met. we talked about eating different meat, police, food, friends, orlando, and he learned the word pregnant. I think that since there was really no one to hear him speak, he felt more comfortable talking. And he invited me to his house for a traditional Arabic meal and coffee. It was a great day in the world of conversation partners.
That is so good. I feel that location is important.
ReplyDeleteThat is great that he talked so much! Most of the students seem to pause a lot, because they are not self-assured about their English.
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