Adult tutee, October 28, 2pm at Starbucks with Arzu
Topic/Skill: Needs Assessment
Today's meeting was mainly focused on the needs assessment and some goal setting for our time together. I noticed that Arzu tends to leave out articles at times in speech and occasionally needs to pause to recall vocabulary but her confidence level is high and she does not hesitate to ask when she cannot produce the word she is looking for. In future meetings, Arzu wants to work on her vocabulary and to continue to practice speaking. During our next meeting, we will talk about some current events with the goal of introducing new vocabulary in context and focusing on building her conversational confidence when confronted with topics for which she does not yet have a solid vocabulary.
For the past four years, Arzu has been a stay-at-home mother to her daughter. She was an engineer in Turkey prior to moving to the US about 5 years ago. Her daughter started pre-school this year and Arzu is excited to have time to get back out into the community and find more opportunities to practice her English speaking skills. She has several family members who teach English back home in Turkey and had a friend who took the TEFL course here previously. These two factors drew her to the program and though she is unsure if she will use the certification immediately after the course, she is excited to have it on her resume specifically in case she and her husband decide to return to Turkey to be closer to family in the future.
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