Thursday, March 4, 2010

Richard Tutoring #3

I think this tutoring session went better than last's. Basically, the lesson was about how one would ask for or answer something politely. I had a list of about 14 things, e.g. "What do you say if someone asks you to accompany them to lunch, but you can't?"

We proceeded down this list as Kyung would tell me what he would have told the person at first, and in most cases, this is when I interfered by telling him a more appropriate way, after which he wrote it down and we practiced.

We went through the list 3 times, and he was writing all this stuff down because next week (after Spring Break) I plan on giving him a handout with MC style questions for purposes of reviewing.

Also next week, we're going to go over (in)definite articles and how they're used. I'm starting to feel like a good tutor now. He thanked me for giving him an informative lesson, so that's all good.

1 comment:

  1. Richard, sound like a great activity. You might want to let him finish how he would address the situation, and then analyze with him his performance. You can then give him suggestions or correct him , and have him repeat the exercise again.

    Keep in mind the instructional cycle:
    Production-Analysis-Feedback-Production

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