Celina_TP #3

My first tutoring session with my CIES student went fairly well. I am supposed to have 3 CIES students in my sessions, but for some reason I can only get ahold of one of them. Abdulaziz is a level 2 student at CIES from Kuwait. His english speaking skills are a little rocky, but he says he has improved so much just from being here for a few months. We started our session just by talking, because his speaking skills are what he wanted to work on the most. We talked about his interests, his country, and what he wants to study when he passes the TOEFL (hopefully next weekend!). He told me about how he sat in on a FSU business class lecture last week and was very anxious about one day having to sit in lectures. Since college professors talk too quickly and don't repeat important things very frequently he is worried that he wont be able to follow along. Hopefully that is something I can help him work on. After talking for a bit, we went over his grammar/writing homework assignment. The assignment was very simple, mostly using the present continuous tense and some past tense verbs to explain pictures that were given. I tried my best to not just give him the answers or correct his errors for him, but rather have him understand his errors and chose the better form to use. He said he enjoyed working on grammar the most, and wanted to always make sure it was very precise. The last part of his assignment was to write a paragraph about his favorite possession. At first, he had no idea what a possession was, but after giving some examples he decided a certain book he owned was his favorite possession. The book meant a lot to him, and often kept him from feeling homesick. I was really impressed with his ability to explain the book to me and then write out a full paragraph about why he loved the book so much.
As far as prepping for our next session, I am hoping that I can come up with some creative ways to work on grammar and writing. It is easy for him to just bring his homework and then have me go over it with him, but I feel like there is more I can do to make the tutoring session more effective.