Adult TP- 8
2/26/2015
5 PM
Topic/Skill:
-Vocabulary
-Speaking
-Vocabulary
-Speaking
-Verb tenses: Simple past/ present, present continuous.
Today I met up Mutaz Barki, one of my student tutees for our final tutoring session together. Mutaz had made it clear to me from the beginning that he wanted to focus our sessions on practicing his speaking skills. So it was no surprise that he rejected doing vocabulary word exercises together as I had planned. Instead, we spoke about things that interested him at the moment. for example, we discussed how he missed his country and especially his family back home. When he struggled to express himself, I helped him by teaching him common English words and phrases like "I am homesick," "I will visit my family in Saudi Arabia," "American fast food is terrible!" and more expressions. I explained the difference and context use between the words awesome, incredible, good, and amazing.
When could not understand each other, we would both look up illustrations in google to explain what we meant. At times, I would show him a picture of an action someone is doing and then ask him "What he/she doing?" I would also look at some pictures of people doing everyday actions like brushing their teeth and then ask him "Mutaz...when did you brush your teeth?" Using these methods allowed him test his verb tense usage and let me provide error correction feedback.
I have really enjoyed tutoring Mutaz Barki this semester. I feel that he needs to continue his determined efforts to expand his English vocabulary and basic conversational skills. He is truly invested in learning the language and making his time here in the USA worthwhile.
When could not understand each other, we would both look up illustrations in google to explain what we meant. At times, I would show him a picture of an action someone is doing and then ask him "What he/she doing?" I would also look at some pictures of people doing everyday actions like brushing their teeth and then ask him "Mutaz...when did you brush your teeth?" Using these methods allowed him test his verb tense usage and let me provide error correction feedback.
I have really enjoyed tutoring Mutaz Barki this semester. I feel that he needs to continue his determined efforts to expand his English vocabulary and basic conversational skills. He is truly invested in learning the language and making his time here in the USA worthwhile.
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