TS#7 - Anka

I met with Anka at CIES. I tried the same session style and topic that I had attempted with Sultan, but this time it went a lot smoother. At first I thought that Anka might not find the Olan Roger’s video funny since he is a bit serious and likes to get straight to work, but I was quite pleased to find that he actually laughed. Additionally, Anka’s reading level was on par with the NPR article, so I didn’t have to shorten it. I also took Dr. Kennell’s advice about reading aloud when first reading something new. I read the article aloud and then had Anka go back into the article in order to answer ten TOEFL style multiple choice questions. He aced eight out of ten, with his main difficulty being vocabulary. I then took the lesson a step further than I had with Sultan, and had Anka write an advertisement about a pepper of his own invention. He was asked to use all of the vocabulary words he had read in the article and then was instructed to write a persuasive advertisement from the perspective of the Habanada’s competitor.