Jennifer_TP5

Today I met with Youyoung, my Korean tutee from the Leon County Library. Her goal is working towards the TOEFL test that she is going to take in two months. I looked up the different types of TOEFL tests and exercises before our meeting. When she arrived at the library, I had her do a mini-practice TOEFL consisting of Reading, Speaking, and Listening. We ran out of time for the Writing section, so I asked her to do that at some point before our next session. She seemed nervous about taking the test after having so little English practice for so long. I assured her that the test was just to reacquaint her with the TOEFL format and to see exactly what level she is on compared to the test. Overall, she scored a fifty percent or less on each section, which means we have some work to do! Youyoung is very optimistic though -she kept saying, "I think my English is going to improve now that I have a tutor again!" I am happy to help her out - being a wife with two small children, it is hard to make time to practice English. I think having a tutor who understands that she just can't do a lot of work outside of our sessions is good for her. However, I still plan on helping her improve her English as much as I can! Her weakest areas are speaking and listening, and I hope to use the computers the library has to improve her skills. She is a very quiet speaker too, so working on some pronunciation would probably help her confidence. Overall I am very excited to be working with Youyoung and I think we will be able to make some great improvements in her English!