TS 10/9/20

             I met with Hongru to go over his speech again. I gave him lots of corrections on pronunciation and told him to use transitions so that his thoughts flow when he is speaking. I was very nitpicky with the errors so that he knew where to focus on improving his speech. We also used a thesaurus to change words that were just too difficult for him to pronounce. I also gave him a link to a thesaurus and showed how to use it that way if he is noticing that he just can’t pronounce a word he can find other words with the same meaning that are easier to pronounce. It was a very intensive focused meeting that way he can get very well prepared for his final speech with Dr. Kennell.

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