Abdulrahman Al Habib
Date: August 21, 2017
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Location: Starbucks
Topic/skill:
Speaking/conversation, sentences, vocabulary, correction on pronunciation
Today Abdulrahman and I
worked on speaking/conversation. He noticed that I often have trouble
understanding him when he's speaking, which is mostly due to mispronunciation
of words. I asked him to practice speaking in full sentences as opposed to simple
phrases full of pauses and/or stops to look up words on his phone. I explained
that by using full sentences, he provides the listener (me) with more context
in which to comprehend what he is trying to say, even if a word or two is
unclear. He seemed to understand. I asked him what he's been keeping busy with
since the semester ended, and he said mostly watching movies and playing cards
with his friends. I asked him what card games they like to play and he said
"boker." "Poker?" [Ah! That crazy English letter
"P" again!!] We practiced some
more on pronouncing and hearing the differences between "b" and
"p" sounds, repeating our "buh buh buhs" and "puh puh
puhs" and feeling really silly. The difference is difficult to explain and
even demonstrate. The best description I've come up with so far regarding the pronunciation
of "p" words is that it sounds like a little puff of air comes out as
you say it. Abdulrahman and I generated some new vocabulary words as usual,
which I wrote down and sent home with him to add to his list.
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