For the next session with Eric, I had to do quite a bit of
prep work. I put together a rather long
list of common idioms and colloquialisms from several sources. If anyone would like a copy of this, I would
be happy to supply it. I met him at his
apartment and after exchanging pleasantries, we began to work on the list. The first this I had him do was go through
the list and write down what he though each one meant. We then went through the list together and I
corrected his mistakes with him. He had
done a really good job and was probably 60-75% correct on what each idiom
meant. I think that his day job had
really helped him pick up many of these already. After we corrected his work, I then asked him
to use each of the idioms in a sentence.
His took a little more time, because although he had a good
understanding of most of the meanings, usage and situational usage was a grayer
area. We talked about each one and
proper usage, but also discussed which were usable in ordinary conversation, extremely
casual conversation and formal or business conversation. This was a much more difficult lesson than I
expected and too a lot more effort on my part.
In the end, it was very rewarding to both of us.
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