Amberly TS #6

 Zhou and I met at Lucky Goat on July 11 at 3-4pm. I read off some sentences with blanks to him in order to practice his subject-verb agreement and verb tense usage. I used the resources from Owl at Purdue. I gave him feedback and corrected his mistakes and provided further examples to explain his mistakes and solidify his understanding. Zhou is a graduate level researcher and can read and write English very well, so he understands English grammar. His issue is mainly just the usage of grammar rules in his speech. When I explain things to him he shows that he understands and can remember the grammar rule, but often makes the same mistakes. I recorded 2 minutes of his answers to the verb tense exercise and corrected his mistakes. I then introduced him to a piece of American literature to expand his knowledge of English vocabulary. I read to him an excerpt of The Monkey's Paw to introduce it to him, as we would be covering it in future sessions as well.