Tutoring session – tutee: Je-won Lee, Thursday 9/32, 0800-0900hrs, Zoom.

Covered: attempted assessment

 

For a first experience in tutoring someone in another language without knowing how much skill or experience they have with it I’d say I did well in maintaining momentum.  However, that’s all.  It seems that I over judged my tutees skill-level and decided to first plow along with some mid-teen level reading, somewhere along the intermediate or higher level.  I noticed that there was no response so I toned it down, eventually trying to point out the I’s, and to explain the purpose and need of the self-reference in English communication, also you, we, me, us.  I also tried some contractions.  My tutee was very shy and almost non-responsive.  We ended up going back to the readings.  Next session I will start at the beginner level, because I think I confused the student.

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