TS #5 Madison Elford

9:00am - 10:00am 

Paper Fox Cafe Coffee 

Beforehand, Xing mentioned that he wanted to learn more about American comedy and culture. He was very intrinsically motivated to learn how to say and understand jokes told in English so he could laugh with his friends and roommates. Today, I brought in a handful of my favorite comedians, and some of their shows so that he could watch them on Netflix later. I also explained a bit of vocab required to be able to talk about comedy. Words like "Stand-up", "Comedian", "Comic", and "Skits", were what I chose to teach. I also showed him tv shows that focused primarily on comedy, such as the Daily Show, or Saturday Night Live. These shows and the stand-up on Netlflix should give him a good start on comedy. We also reviewed some of his homework. There is a noticiable difference in his writing skills since the last time we reviewed his writing homework. I saw far less mistakes, and noticed that when I pointed out a problem, he was able to fix it without much of my help. His biggest issue with writing now is mostly knowing when a word should be past or present tense, and knowing when to use an adverb. 

By far, my favorite part of the day was explaining the difference between collinqual greetings and salutations. Words like "goodnight" cannot be used as a greeting the way "Good evening" can be. And how "See you" and "See you soon" are opposites. I had never even thought about how these might be confusing until he asked about it.