After our standard break, we continued to work. This time I asked him to focus on the areas in which he felt more comfortable with English after the whole summer of study in CIES and tutoring with me. I asked him to explain out loud to practice his speaking skills. At first he gave his ubiquitous "Uhh, no understan..", but after encouragement, did begin to speak. He got across that he knows more words, and is at least a little more confident speaking. Then, since he would be leaving in a few days for Saudi Arabia for the break, I asked him to explain what he was going to do for the Ramadan break and what he was most excited about. He says he wants to see his son and his family. This is way more an answer than I could have gotten at the beginning of the summer, and without any Arabic!
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