NALC tutoring session #4

Today I went to NALC and tutored a woman by the name of Jinaa, who was from Egypt. She moved here 25 years ago and loves it. She has four kids and she is a Christian. Her first language is arabic and she has been coming to NALC to learn english for a year. In our lesson today she practiced reading and writing. She had trouble with this, but did not have trouble carrying on a conversation with me, which I thought was interesting.

NACL session #3

For my third visit to NACL i tutored a woman named Hanaa. Hanaa was from Lebanon, which is a country close to Syria. She was told that day to write a story and then I had to check her writing for errors. She did a great job, and at the end of the sessions she was asked if she wanted her writing to be published in a book by NACL. She was thrilled and accepted. The book contained stories from NACL students who wrote about different things relating to coming to America, learning the culture and the language.

NACL tutoring session 1 and 2

The first time I went to tutor at NACL, the person I was going to tutor cancelled. Instead, the secretary Jill had me help her do some office work for an hour.

The second time I went to tutor at NACL, I tutored a woman named Hanaa from Iraq. Her first language was Arabic and she was trying to improve her skills in English. I walked her through a story and went over vocabulary words in the story. She was very smart and did well with reading English. She had more difficulty with speaking English than reading it. I had her practice talking to me without looking at her book, and I think it helped her a lot! I told her that I am a Spanish major and have struggled with the same thing she has with learning to listen to another language without looking at a book for reference. I told her to try and not get overwhelmed when listening to me speak. I told her that if she got the general idea of what I was saying then she was making process!

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How are you connected to the culture of your project?

For my project I am doing a research study on rising musicians in Nashville in contrast with already established musicians in Nashville. I have many connections with those of rising musicians because so many attend Belmont. I have many friends and friends of friends that are in bands or are singer/songwriters. Although, on the other hand, researching already established musicians is a little bit more difficult. I have to make more of an effort to get in touch with them because they are so hard to reach. I have been doing my best though by way of e-mailing them or talking to people who know people that know already established musicians. It is going to be difficult, but if I am able to get in contact with at least one musician, then that is all I will need.

Interview #1 Kevin Terry

For my first interviewee, I chose to interview Kevin Terry. For my project I have chosen to compare and contrast rising musicians with those of established musicians. Kevin is in the category, as of the moment, with those of rising musicians in nashville. I asked Kevin a series of questions, but focused on my main question that I will ask to each of the musicians that I interview. My main questioned that I asked him was "What drives you to do music?" He said that what drives him to do music is his passion for wanting to get a message out to the world. He explained that his lyrics in his music are very socially conscious, which helps to relate with the people. He went on to say that he did not want to be in any way above the people that listen to his music. He wants to keep a humble attitude so he can relate more with the people who listen to his music.