Sharon TS #3

Date/Time: January 14th, 2022 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Location: CIES Conference Room

Topic/Skill: Introductory but the tutee and I did practice some writing skills as well.

Feedback provided to tutee: The tutee and I discussed what he had been studying in class and what he does outside of class for English practice. The tutee has already taken charge of learning extra vocabulary on his own, which I encouraged he continue to do. As we spoke it seemed that he wanted to work especially on writing so I reviewed some of his composition activities with him. When next we meet, we agreed to write something together and go through the mistakes.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: An hour of tutoring sounds very short. During class observations, it does feel very short. But filling the whole time in one-on-one sessions feels slower and more difficult. I learned that I have to prepare more material, potentially, for tutoring sessions than I would in a class. The individual set up allows for deep, customized revision but it also means you burn through topics faster as you aren't waiting on so many people. I also learned to be more communicative with my tutee, who was momentarily confused about whether he needed certain supplies or could expect a syllabus for tutoring sessions.

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