Tatiana TS #10

I tutored Dojun again via skype. Things went well, but it is difficult since he is learning English on his own to help him. The students at CEIS had assignments, homework, and many classes. This means they would have many questions to ask me. Dojun is learning English on his own, so it can be hard to just speak about topics. We did go over more prepositions and he did very well the ones we covered from the previous session. He did ask me the difference between two phrases. "I know why you asked me." and "I know the reason why you asked me." He wanted to know the difference between the two phrases. I tried explaining the key difference is the word "reason." This word makes the sentence definite. You are 99% sure you know why someone asked you that question. Using the word reason, means you do know. Without the word "reason" you are just assuming or thinking you know, but truly you are not sure. You do not have a definite answer as to why they asked, but you might say that phrase because you have a couple clues. He asked me how to phrase the sentence better and I formed it into a question. "I was wondering why you asked me about that?" or "Why did you ask me?" and explained formal and informal ways of asking questions.