Since I have got some essential information about Youshimi, I decided to give her some suggestions about how to expand her vocabulary and how to practice her pronunciation when I met with her for the second time on May 11th. I had tried to find some appropriate resources online to help her after our first meeting.
Yoshimi is really a good student. Last time, I suggested her develop a good habit of accumulating vocabulary regularly. When I met with her on May 11th, She showed me her new vocabulary cards. What a hard worker she is! I looked at her cards. Then I found that these cards were full of Japanese words. Therefore, I immediately gave her some suggestions about how to build up her vocabulary:
--Do not use translator to learn new words. I advised her to google Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary and to use this dictionary to learn new words. It is very helpful for beginners to understand the meanings of the words.
-- Listen and read for 30 minutes each day. She can explore new words from her listening and reading materials, and she can easily acquire the meanings and the usage of these words from the high context.
--Write down the new words, look up them in the dictionary, listen to the pronunciation of each word and write down a sentence using the basic meaning. I suggested her learn about 8 new words each day from Monday to Friday. On weekends she can review all the words that she had written down on her cards so as to memorize them effectively.
--Use the new words in her study and her life as possible as she can. I believe that “Practice is perfect.”
At the end of that meeting, I showed Yoshimi some resources online and emailed her the link of the website. One of them is
She practiced her pronunciation of single vowel sounds, double vowel sounds and consonant sounds with me. Hopefully, these can assist her to learn correct pronunciation.
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