Emilie TS #20

Student: Abdulaziz A.
Date/Time: Monday, 11/18, 5 p.m.
Location: Online (Google Meets)
Topic: General catch-up
Feedback provided to the tutee: I discussed the essay he had sent me earlier and made some suggestions as to how he could improve it. Grammatically and organization-wise it was mostly fine, but since it was about team-work but had no examples of team-work, it felt a bit abstract/boring to read. I gave him some examples of relevant teamwork that he might want to include. We also discussed how his reading through the books we got last week was going.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Always ask students if they are using AI/ChatGPT to help them write essays. Although I can't stop them from using it, if an essay feels too "good but generic" I usually find there was some AI involved and give some suggestions for improvement. While ChatGPT can be a good short-term tool for easily fixing English errors, ultimately I think it can breed too much dependency and hinder students from becoming strong writers in English by not requiring them to "build" their thoughts in English (just like how I learn more about writing in German when I write it myself and then put it in an error corrector VS just using Google translate from English to German).

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