Darliin Khahaifa CP#3

Date/Time: 3/27/18 12:00 P.M.

Location: CIES

Topic discussed: Adrian and I discussed her experience learning English both at home and at CIES. Although she took English classes every year in middle and high school, she did not gain any mastery of the English language. She feels this is due to the fact that her focus at the time was more on passing tests than being able to use English in her daily life. She finds learning English to be more challenging now because she is putting in more effort than she previously did. For the first time she is acutely aware of how difficult learning a second language can be. I gave her advice on some strategies for studying and improving her English abilities, the most important one being practicing speaking as much as possible.

Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: I learned how prevalent English language education is in Venezuela. According to Adrian, most children start taking English classes in school from a fairly young age and continue through high school.