My normal CIES conversation partner couldn't meet with me this time, so I met with a tutee from the Adult Literacy Program, Tianfeng. I have been working with Tianfeng for the last few months. His most pressing concern is his pronunciation. I decided to make this session like the the previous conversation sessions I had with Bruna. Tianfeng doesn't get a whole lot of time practicing English and by spending the time in conversation, I thought it would help me evaluate what areas of pronunciation he needed to work on.
We talked the whole time about travel. Tianfeng recently made a 2 week trip with his son. They went to Kennedy Space Center, down to Key West, the Everglades, and to Orlando. His son's favorite place was Lego Land in Orlando. We also spent a lot of time talking about the experience of flying.
One interesting thing I learned is that in China newborn babies don't go outside the home until they are at least 3 months old. Tianfeng told me that once he went to Niagara Falls and saw a couple with a 1 month old child. He said the experienced changed him forever because once he saw that was possible, he wanted to go everywhere with his son.
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