Speaking Partner Argumentative Essay

I was surprised to receive a speaking partner assignment six week into the semester. I had already started on my alternative assignment about Switzerland. My options from Pathway support were to finish my mid semester essay; then either continue with the alternative assignment or change to the speaking partner assignment.
My speaking partner was Francis who lives in Lima, Peru with his family. Through our weekly calls I learned he chose to wait on having a speaking partner until he felt more confident with speaking English. His served a mission in Argentina and with the help of other missionaries he studied English whenever possible. In the beginning, Francis struggled with pronunciations and some of the vocabulary words. But, before long