Thursday, January 30, 2020

Dana CP #7

I met with my conversation partner today, and I took him out to lunch.  He got into my car and I extended my hand asking him "How do we shake hands in America?"  He had gotten that lesson from our meeting last weekend.  He was so grateful I had taught him how to shake hands in America.  He totally grasped the concept. ar, ar, ar.  He explained that the limp handshake is how it is done in his country.  He demonstrated it.  He was so thankful that I had showed him this custom.
     It was session number 7 for us, and the last of the compulsory sessions for me.   That said, I will probably continue meeting with my CP on a tutoring basis.  We did some lesson work today while waiting for our meal to be served. 
     I asked him yesterday to think about where he wanted to eat lunch today.  He told me he would think about it.  He surprised me today by telling me that since he chose last time, it was my turn to decide.  We went to lunch at a Mexican food restaurant nearby.  It was his first time eating Mexican food.  He reminded me that he cannot eat pork.  So we discussed other options.  He ordered chicken tacos.  We discussed tortillas and the difference between the soft and crispy ones.  He had reached his decision, (a word he learned in our last session) it was going to be soft tortillas--street tacos.  I ordered the shrimp tacos and we both munched on the crispy tortilla chips while we waited for our food the arrive. The waiter came over to inform us a little later that the order ticket had fallen on the stove and partially burned, so there was going to be a slight delay.  No worries.  My CP and I  just kept talking.  We had plenty to talk about.  We talked about American football and the Superbowl coming up on Sunday.  We did a little geography lesson too. He said he was having a little trouble with the future perfect and the future continuous tense.  I went to the car and got my grammar cards just to be sure I informed him correctly. 
     Another bit of good news, my tutee got 100% on the quiz we prepared for. 

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