Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Matthew_TS#5
For this tutoring session, I met up with a Kuwaiti named Fahed. He did not bring any material so I was a little pressed to come up with things to tutor him in. However, I asked him what he was struggling most with including the past continuous tense and the future continuous tense. I googled a few definitions for him to read with me so that he could get a better understanding. After this, I gave him multiple examples and explained which words made it past tense and which made it continuous. Next, we worked on informal language like contractions. He said that he hears these words all the time and can never figure out what they mean. I made him a chart with contractions on it like "won't-->> will not", "can't--->>can not", and "y'all--->> you all". We had a lot of fun doing these contractions and providing examples. I further clarified to him that these words should only be used in informal conversations and never in a paper or on a test. At the end of the lesson he asked me the best way to say "Wa lakum asalam" or "Goodbye". I provided him with numerous examples like "See ya", "Bye, y'all", "Goodbye" and explained which were formal and which were informal. He had a smile on his face the whole time and it was a great pleasure to work with Fahed.
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Do you offer them to work on grammar, i met with student from UAE today, and when i asked him, what would you like to work on, he said whatever you want. So, during the session i asked him, several times if he came up with something he would like to concentrate, and he said reading. So, i wonder if i should be more specific myself, as he is only beginner level
ReplyDeleteI would just try to pick up on their errors and go over the things I mentioned above. Reading is always good to do, maybe check for comprehension and make sure to probe them for words that might be new to them? Hope this helps!
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