During my tutoring session, my tutee said that he has
problems with speaking in complete sentences. In order to find out the level of
his speaking skills, I asked him to talk about something that is interesting to
him, and he choose to talk about South Korean wedding ceremonies. After a few minutes,
I found out that my tutee has some trouble with using the right verb in a
sentence. For example, he said that the wedding company will “furnish people”
if you do not have anyone to come to your wedding. I explained to him that you
do not “furnish people” because people are not furniture. I also explained that
this verb is used for furniture. I gave him a few example sentences for how to
use this verb and for how to not use this verb. In addition, I suggested that my
tutee speak in English as much as possible in order to improve his English. He said
that he feels ashamed when he makes mistakes. Due to this, I suggested that he
try speaking English to someone who does not know English. If he talks to
someone who does not know English, he can still practice his English, correct his
mistakes, and not feel ashamed about the mistakes because the other person would
not know if he made a mistake. However, I did tell him that he has to be more
aware about what he is saying if he does this.
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