Nicole TS#2

Student: Letizia Gerbotto

Date/Time: October 23, 3:30 - 4:55 pm

Location: CIES 229

Topic: Diagnostic/Needs Assessment, Listening activity homework, Test Study Guide Review

Feedback provided to the tutee: I pointed out her sentence errors in her homework and allowed her to look for the mistakes in prepositions. We made a list of possible prepositions, and she tested each sentence until one sounded right to her. We went through a listening podcast she had done in class, played it at a slower speed, and paused. I asked her to break down what the speakers were saying, and she found it much easier when she had the ability to take her time with it. For her test the following day, I had her write down sentences that we corrected together and practice them multiple times, as well as their meanings, so she would not only be writing a sentence accurately but actually understand what it means.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:

I learned how to slow down much more as she is a beginner student with no prior English practice, so I chose simple words and broke down more difficult ones to get her comfortable with the material. I also learned the importance of incorporating a speaking activity within the class in the middle as a break from the more deep thinking practice we did with the writing assignment and the listening podcast. I believe I was able to teach her how breaking down more extensive speeches/readings and taking them slowly is better for understanding and translating them into speech. By the end of the tutoring session, she was able to summarize the podcast, use some of the words the speakers were using, and actually understand their meaning.