CP #5

For this conversation partner, I met with Ahmed at Starbucks on Tennessee St. He had gone on a trip to the beach nearby (somewhere in Florida, I forget right now the exact name of the beach or city). He was honest and said that it really was not that nice. He was almost a little angry, because he mentioned that the house that he rented for himself and his family was pretty expensive, but it did not meet up to his expectations. The beach itself was disappointing too, for there was a lot of seaweed on the shore. Throughout the session, whenever Ahmed would come across a word he didn't know in English, we would get the arabic translation, discuss it, and write them down for Ahmed to look over later. This form of vocabulary building in context has proved to be very effective. It was a very nice meeting!