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- I was working on how to order food in Turkish. I learned names of dishes, types of tea, tea pot consisted of two parts, and how to order food in a restaurant through a dialogue with my language partner.
- I wanted to be able to order food in a Turkish restaurant in Richmond. I will visit one of Turkish restaurants in Richmond and order food and a cup of tea in Turkish. I also wanted to learn about dining culture.
- The learning resource was Gokhan's powerpoint slides and the conversation with him. We made dialogues in different versions and practiced ordering food in Turkish. I was a customer and he was a server. I memorized customer's part and was able to accomplish my goal.
- I think it was pretty effective because the visualization of food was easier for me to remember what kinds of food there are and what they are called, and the dialogues were helpful for me to remember what I am supposed to say in a restaurant to order food.
- I will keep practicing the dialogues and make new ones by adding different kinds of menu and asking for different things in a restaurant (like "Can I get a tissue/pork")
- I will also practice with my classmates to improve my listening and speaking.
- It was really fun to learn about words related to food (that might be on menu) and practice a dialogue one to one, which I think it is an advantage of having a language partner. I wish I could practice with more people, so I will do that with my classmates in the future.
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