TS #7 Madison Elford

9:00am - 10:00am

Paper Fox Coffee Cafe

Today, we focused a lot of slang used in phrases, or slang phrases. Things such as "you are in good hands" was especially confusing for him. We also worked on his homework for a discussion class. His topic was whether or not the internet was making people more stupid or not. A recurring problem in his writing seems to be knowing when to use the present tense or the past tense. It happens specifically when he writes cause and effect sentences, or effect and cause sentences. I explained that when writing this type of sentence, isolate the cause and the effect from each other. Then make the cause past tense, and the effect present tense because the effect is ongoing while the cause has already ended. I think he understood a little better at the end of the sentence. I think his main issue is identifying the cause/effect in those types of sentences. I have noticed that his English has gotten more fluent and he understands more when I talk lately. I am glad he is doing well with his studies.