Date/Time: October 15, 2018
Location: Skype
Topic/Skill: wish vs. hope, another vs. the other vs. other
Feedback provided to tutee: Today we worked on the nuances between wish and hope and another, the other, and other. I first explained the difference between these words and then had my tutee create their own example sentences. If the sentences were wrong, I would correct them and explain why or why not they were incorrect. Then, I would have my tutee re-do the sentences.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: At the end of the tutoring session we also talked about politeness in Korean and English. We discovered that "How are you" in the US is similar to "Have you eaten?" in Korea because both questions do not require a truthful response and are instead simply questions that people ask out of politeness. I also realized how confusing things like another/the other/other can be to non-native English speakers because, in addition to sounding similar, they also have very similar meanings that change only based on the context of the sentence.
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