Met with Soon Gyu at Strozier Library. We orally reviewed the minimal pairs worksheet on R v. L, in pronunciation. She was able to identify when R or L were being pronounced more than 80% of the time, and I praised her. She only hears an R-sound sometimes when an L-sound is being said. However, she always hears an R-sound in words using the LL combination. I provided her with some words that she can practice "hearing" and pronouncing with a classmate or friend.
I had prepared a worksheet focused on choosing the prepositions at, to, by, during or "0" prepositions--or so I thought. Soon Gyu found that "down" worked just as well in one instance--which led us into a discussion or phrasal verbs, another one of her recent class exercise issues. She did very well on today's exercise. I asked her to consider the meanings of the prepositions that she is using. For instance, a person can arrive at the airport--going to the airport, with no further movement indicated at that point. If a person begins to move around, the person may be in or within the aiport terminal. Then, the person can travel from the airport to the city located close to the airport. She understood all of this, but apparently had not considered it in this way. We agreed to meet next week at CIES for a follow up on today's lesson.
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