Alexandra CP 2

CONVERSATION PARTNER 2 - Conv club at the Globe. Meeting 2

Fortunately, this next week we had three individuals, Shayan (my conversation partner) Dongsoek (my tutee) and another young man from Libya. Dongsoek and Shayan are capable conversation partners, but the man from Libya was clearly just a beginner, but fortunately seemed quite at ease with putting forth his best effort. It was really great to see these three people with completely different fluidity levels and ways of approaching English learning navigating conversations on their own. It also proved quite a challenge (but a very enjoyable one nonetheless) to try and moderate the conversation, trying to inconspicuously pass the baton so as to give each person enough time to talk, especially the Libyan gentleman who needed the most time to articulate his ideas.

I don’t remember what the original nucleus of conversation was, but eventually we settled into nearly an hour long discussion of their respective countries’ military defense strategies, compulsory military enrollment (or not), and the debate over gun control in various countries and their respective opinions on these policies. This session proved quite informative to me as well since I learned a lot from my conversation partners about these subjects.