In my second session with David I got a better idea of my role in his studying. Although he is immersed in English at CIES, his living situation is in the home of fellow Colombians who out of home-sickness request he speak only Spanish with them. I asked if he would like to be conversation partners, and he said he would like that but not until after his TOEFL exam. We then practiced the speaking portion of the TOEFL with prompts I had found off the internet. I gave him a strategy for most of the speaking questions. I told him to say his general answer in one sentence (ex. “My role-model is my father.”) and then explain generally why in one sentence (ex. “He is intelligent, kind, and brave”) and then give a specific example (a memory, an instance, etc.). I told him to practice explaining things in this way in his head and out loud for practice.
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