Conversation
After a quick greeting, use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- What are the important qualities of a good son or daughter? Have these qualities changed or remained the same over time in your culture? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
- What qualities do you wish someone close to you showed you?
- What are some qualities you would want your son or daughter to avoid?
- How can these qualities be learned or taken on?
Vocabulary
Skip this section if you have 15 minute plan. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| Expression | Definition |
| kindness | (n) the quality or state of being kind She shared her lunch out of the kindness of her heart. |
| characteristic | (n) a special quality or trait that makes a person, thing or group different from others What are some characteristics that tell what kind of person she is? |
| helpful | (adj) making it easier to do a job or deal with a problem He was so helpful when he carried in the groceries for his mom. |
| generous | (adj) freely giving or sharing money and other valuable things The teenager was generous in donating a percentage of her paycheck to charity. |
| apologize | (v) to express regret for doing or saying something wrong After the boy broke the plate, he apologized for not behaving. |
| contribute | (v) to give something to help a person, group or cause He volunteered to contribute to the stack of donated books. |
| pick up | (phrasal verb) to lift something from the ground She asked her child to pick up her toys first. |
| clean up | (phrasal verb) to remove, to make a room or space clean and orderly She offered to clean up after dinner, without being asked. |
| give back | (phrasal verb) to cause someone to have something again: to return or restore something to someone She wanted to give back the money they were missing. |
| sweet as pie | (expression) extremely pleasant or polite The girl who picked up the trash was sweet as pie. |
Something Extra
Read the following quote out loud.
“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.”
― W.E.B. DuBois
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