Sebastian- Tutoring - 7

Hello again. Our last tutoring session was about listening comprehension. I would read a story and ask my student previously prepared questions to see how much she had understood by listening. Although she answered correctly most times, there were instances where her answer would be very far from what I expected. In those occasions, I would find out what word or phrase she did not understand and explain it to her.

There was also some new vocabulary after each story, so she learned some new words there too. For example, she learned the meaning of "moniker".

On the last half of the session, we again went over proverbs in English. She learned a lot with those. I also had learned at least 1 or 2, so it was great for me as well.

I hope I can keep making every session interesting, because once it gets repetitive, the student gets tired of learning and the instructor of teaching. Something that has also helped me is my attitude. To keep a humble mindset is important, since even experienced instructors do not know everything about the subject they teach. So whenever the student asks me something that I do not know, I will reply that I do not know, but will find out for them. I imagine that doing this in a real classroom would help both the instructor and the students by keeping that bridge between them. They both are continuously learning; the difference is that one is more advanced than the other.