Date/Time:
06/24 @ 3:30PM-4:20PM
Location:
Zoom
Topic/Skill:
Needs Assessment & Reading
Feedback
provided to tutee: Explanations of new vocab words and ways to use them in
sentences.
Lesson(s) about tutoring
and/or the tutee you learned: I had the pleasure of seeing my tutee,
Soojin, again. She had been my Conversation Partner for a short time in the Spring.
Soojin expressed to me that she would like help speaking like a native speaker.
She said she’s most confident with English grammar since that’s all she had
been studying for over 10 years in school in Korea. She explained that the
curriculum in her school was grammar-based and rarely focused on reading and
speaking. Therefore, those subjects are struggles for her. The lesson I learned
is that it’s best to expose students to all areas of language learning instead
of focusing on one area. Thankfully, I prepared an excerpt from the book for
Soojin to read. It was right at her level where she could read the entire passage
with 80% accuracy while still acquiring new vocab words. Afterwards, we had a
discussion on the reading. I heard it is common in Asian culture to focus on
textbooks and grammar, so I plan on preparing more readings, dialogues, and
conversation topics for my tutoring sessions with Soojin.
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