Kerri TS #4

I had my second tutoring session with Mohammed B. today. We went over vocabulary words and practiced using them in context. He came equipped with a notebook full of vocabulary words and their definitions that he wanted me to quiz him on. He asked me to first read the definition to him so he could guess the word, and once he got the word correct he tried to use it in a sentence. A lot of the words could be used as a noun, verb, and adjective, so using context clues was a big part of our session. It was very helpful for Mohammed to refer back to examples of the words used in a sentence. He also confided in me about how he feels about homework and some of his teachers. He says he prefers teachers whose second language is English because they have explicit knowledge of grammar. Some of his teachers do not know how to answer his "why" questions immediately and have to answer him later. We talked about how native English speakers learned differently than EFL students learn. He also said he did not like when teachers give homework just for the purpose of grades, and they should instead focus on how each student is learning. For our next session Mohammed wants to continue working on perfecting his vocabulary and using it in context.