Aaron CP3

On Friday  I met with my first conversation partner for the second time. This time instead of sitting in the CIES lounge, we went for a walk around campus. This was a good idea. It made the conversation feel more natural and gave us more to talk about. We began talking about her home life and she told me she lives here with her Aunt, and her parents are currently in Vietnam.She told me her aunt only speaks Vietnamese and is very strict. We then went on to talk about her feelings towards America/Americans before moving to here. She told me she was very excited about moving here and had a positive view of America. She was excited to try her first hamburger here in America, but was disappointed and hasn't had one sense. We talked about westerners in Vietnam and she said they were usually nice and would greet her in Vietnamese with a heavy accent. She told me about her difficulty understanding some people outside CIES because of how fast they talk. I asked her if I was talking fast and if i ever was to tell me to slow down. She said talking with me in a normal pace was helping her. I try to avoid correcting her pronunciation too much. It  disrupts the flow of the conversation. I tried to bring up a topic I really enjoy history but she was not into it. So I asked her if she like to shop, and she said she really enjoyed it. I asked her questions about shopping because I could tell she was passionate about it.