Emilie TS #3

Student: Abdulaziz A.

Date/Time: October 28th, 3 pm

Location: In-person, CIES Building

Topic: The agenda covered discussing a piece of writing the student and I had already looked over/corrected twice, as well as reading plans for the future.

Feedback provided to the tutee: We mainly went over his essay; while I did give some feedback on grammar, I also provided more meta suggestions on how to improve sentences that were technically "correct" but that could be phrased more smoothly. I mainly tried to ask questions and stimulate his own thoughts rather than just giving a prescribed answer. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: This hour really flew by and I was pleased that the student felt we had had a productive discussion. Moreover, we discussed a reading plan he could pursue in his free time. I brought several books of varying levels with me and the student picked one to start reading and discuss next time (I have also read the book). I emphasized to the student that the focus should be on extensive (not intensive) reading, and that he should concentrate on reading quickly through context and only look up vocabulary or grammar later. The student said he was not much of a reader in general (in English or Arabic), so I hope this might give him a new avenue to explore for engaging with English as he does like to read research. I also plan on creating a resource Google doc for each of my tutees in order to share resources with them that they can take with them beyond these several weeks.

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