Kaylee - TS #3

 TS Blogs #3

Date/Time: 01/19/2022 at 5:15 p.m.

Location: Zoom

Topic/Skill: This tutoring session was the first tutoring session with this tutee, so this session served as a diagnostic for the rest of the session. The main goal of this session was to get to know the tutee and create a comfortable environment where the tutee feels confident speaking in English. We set goals and planned out what we needed to work on throughout the session.  

Feedback provided to tutee: The feedback provided to the tutee throughout this session mainly was surrounding his goals, considering how to make them more attainable and specific. Additionally, I provided feedback regarding syntax and grammar in sentences that the tutee struggled with. 

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned that even with each group classification of EFL students, there will be major differences in their strengths and weaknesses. This tutee was such an incredible English speaker and listener, I almost forgot that he was learning English. However, he struggled with grammar and composition, even though that is not apparent in conversation. This demonstrated that every student will have their individual needs and no two students are alike, meaning each tutee must have individual lesson plans and goals. 

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