Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Today Isik and I met at a French Bakery called Au-Peche-Mignon. It was quaint and quite, which made it the perfect place for tutoring. We spent the first few minutes discussing the Turkish language. She shared common greetings with me, such as "How are you?" and "Good evening". We practiced the pronunciation together until I got the hang of it. It was my first time hearing or speaking Turkish so it was cool to learn something new!
To begin the tutoring session I reviewed over a list of idioms, such as money talks, all thumbs, and spill the beans. We discussed examples of how these could be used in everyday conversations. Although Isik knew a few of them, it was helpful for her to learn the news ones and review over the meanings of the ones she was familiar with. Next, I had Isik read an article from the New York Times. The article discussed the current issue arising in French airlines that women are being required to wear a hijab while in Tehran. I wanted Isik to use the persuasive techniques that we had previously covered to form an opinion on this issue and write a short response to the article. Isik seemed to love this activity because it was a topic she was interested in, and she was able to practice more with opinionated writing. I hope to do another activity similar to this in one of our upcoming tutoring sessions!
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