Wednesday, December 16, 2009

I Love English Learners

If you've seen Friends, the conversations below might remind you of The One Where Joey Speaks French, where he can break French down by parts but can't use it in a whole sentence.

Preschooler K. likes to say, "I done!" when he's finished something, so I decided to try teaching him to say, "I'm done." Here's my first (I think) attempt:

K: "I done!"
Me: "You're done? Can you say, 'I'm done'?"
K: "I done."
Me: "Can you say, 'I'mmm done'?"
K: "I'mmm done."
Me: "Can you say it faster now? I'm done."
K: "I done."

haha! One day he'll get it. I love that kid.

Reminds me of my earlier conversation with E (he's not an English learner; he just has a little kid accent):

Me: "What color is this?"
E: "Ellow."
Me: "That's right. Yellow. Can you say, 'yellow'?"
E: "Ellow."
Me: "Okay. Can you say, 'yes'?"
E: "Yes."
Me: "Good. Now can you say, 'yyyellow.'? Yellow."
E: "Ellow!"

Haha...Eventually he started saying it correctly. I'm so happy.

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