Cameron TS#4

On February 16th, Diana and I met again in the CIES building. I had decided to cover adverbs, adjectives, and noun placement, because I found that she had issues inverting these due to her French background. For example, she would say “This desk is largely” or would say “The desk white” when attempting to describe the noun. At first, I tried giving definitions of adverbs, nouns, and adjectives and when to use them. However, I could see she felt overwhelmed and even lost. So, I pulled out beginner level worksheets to see if I could explain this content as I worked them out with her. I would ask her to circle noun and verb, then the worksheet asked her to determine if the word they highlighted was an adverb or adjective. To break it down even further, I asked her if the highlighted word is describing the noun or verb. After a few questions, she picked this up very quickly, and I moved from worksheets to speaking. I created the sentences in my head and asked her to identify the adverb and/or adjective. I finished the lesson by giving her a list of American songs to listen to that highlight some of the lessons we have gone over.