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Today’s conversation partner meeting went splendidly! Joungouk and Dongseok are roommates, so they were already comfortable with each other. They said that they were okay meeting together, so most of my conversation partner meetings will be with both of them. We talked about American culture, Korean culture, and film stars in both countries. Using Dongseok’s iPad, we all saw our homes on Google maps.

The conversation went well with few major errors; both are well-spoken. Probably the thing that I will have to work on the most, though, is making sure that both have equal time to talk because Dongseok is more extroverted than Joungouk.

One word that both had some problem with was provides. Both pronounced it PRO-VIDE-ESS. I explained that the “e” is silent and the sound it makes is a “z” sound with a silent “d” on the front (Another way I explained it was to say “improvise” and add a “d” before the “s”). I then said it a few times, and they were pronouncing it with greater mastery by the end of our meeting.