Last Saturday, I met with Abeer at the Starbucks across from
CIES. She brought some of her notes from class that she had questions on. Abeer
was very confused with the difference between live (adj.), live (v.), and life
(n.). I explained the differences to her and reassured her that it’s okay to be
confused. These words can be a little tricky. So we went through each one
slowly and I gave her a few examples. After I went through them all, I made
sure she understood and asked her to give me one example for each word
(evaluation). Abeer has also been having trouble with different “c” sounds. She
didn’t understand when to pronounce the “c” as a hard sound, and when to
pronounce it with a soft sound. I explained to her the rules of “C” – that it sounds
more like an “s” sound whenever an e,i, or y follows it. Whenever an a,o, or u
follows “c”, it will be pronounced more like a “k” sound. This concept was
pretty challenging for her, so I made sure to provide many examples. We went
over this concept a few times, and just like the previous activity, after I
gave her the rules and a few examples myself, I made sure she understood by
having her provide me with an example for each possible c-combination and
explain why it was pronounced that way.
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