Tutee: Wafa
I met Wafa today for the first time, after a session with Amirah- she found us at the table on the balcony. I wondered how she found us until I realize that she and Amirah are good friends. She has a nice smile, but speaks quite softly at first and I wonder if she is shy. Wafa warms up quickly and begins to tell me that she would like to speak English really well and enjoys the program and her teachers a lot. She tells me about her husband and how they are here so that he can get his Phd in Civil Engineering- while she is here to learn English and hopefully pursue a master’s degree. They also have a young daughter and she lights up to show me pictures. Much like Ibrahim she wants to practice speaking and pronunciation the most- but I can tell that she is a bit farther behind in her grammar in use. Her sentence structures are very simple and not diverse. But her listening comprehension is very good and we keep up with the conversation pretty well. I like that when she does not recognize a word she will immediately stop and ask me what this means. Today was more of a meet and greet session but we did work on adding the word “the” to signify things- which she would skip a lot of the time.
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