Date/time: Monday, December 14, 2015, 1:30-2:30
Location: Public library
Topic/skill: Speaking, grammar
Feedback provided to tutee: This session we did a lot of speaking practice that focused on specific grammatical concepts. I found that this made error correction very easy because I was able to anticipate which errors to look for. It also made it slightly easier for her because she had a general guide to how to structure her replies. For instance, we would briefly review type two and three conditionals and then the speaking prompt would be something like "if you could travel anywhere, where would you travel?" or something else that would trigger the use of the subjunctive.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: We were able to talk about a lot of fun cultural aspects of language this session. I talked a little bit too much about history because I am very interested in how history shapes language. For instance, we were trying to think of a word that referred to a very unrealistic dream. I suggested "pipe dream" and explained that it originally referred to opium use. Sometimes knowing the etymology and history of a word helps me remember its meaning and usage. For instance, in Spanish, words of Greek origin tend to be masculine even though they end in the letter "a". So knowing that a word comes from Greek helps me remember that it takes a masculine adjective.
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