Giovanna TS #10

For my July 27, 3PM-4PM, tutoring session with Talal, I decided to continue working on listening skills with a dictation activity. During our listening activity last time, I found that Talal really excelled so I decided to challenge him with a more difficult activity by doing a dictation using a scene from the movie Notting Hill. However, we found that this activity was a little too difficult and Talal struggled to do it without the subtitles. The session was not a waste, though. We were able to get a lot of good speaking practice in, discuss some differences between American and British English/culture, and we discussed a lot of new vocabulary that Talal found very useful. Talal also said how he has been learning a lot from our sessions, that he likes how many examples I provide, and that he sees how his speaking and writing is improving. Of course, it is always nice to hear that he is enjoying our sessions! Next time, I will tailor listening sessions so that they adhere to Krashen's 1+L theory and use more comprehensible input now that I am more certain of Talal's listening skills.