Abdullah, Monday November 2, 2015, FSU Student Union
During this conversation session, Abdullah and I spoke about the United States CIA and FBI as well as some of their positive and negative actions over throughout the last 40-50 years. We also discussed tax loopholes and off-shore bank accounts. He is very knowledgeable and asked me to write down various new vocabulary words for him such as: impunity, loophole, red flag (colloquial) and anonymous. Great conversation.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Monday, November 2, 2015
Rebekka Flam TS#2
Date/Time: 11/2/15 5:00-6:00 pm
Location: Goldstein Library
Topic/Skill: Composition, Vocabulary
Feedback provided to tutee: During this lesson, we reviewed how to write a composition. Additionally, I helped Abdullatif with his homework. I offered guidance, advice, and encouragement while he created topic sentences and describers. We also reviewed new vocabulary.
Lessons about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned that it takes skill and patience to help a student with their homework (without giving away direct answers). Abdullatif knows basic grammar, but he sometimes forgets it in application. In particular, he forgets prepositions and sentence structure. I'm going to plan an activity for next week that includes practice of using prepositions.
Location: Goldstein Library
Topic/Skill: Composition, Vocabulary
Feedback provided to tutee: During this lesson, we reviewed how to write a composition. Additionally, I helped Abdullatif with his homework. I offered guidance, advice, and encouragement while he created topic sentences and describers. We also reviewed new vocabulary.
Lessons about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned that it takes skill and patience to help a student with their homework (without giving away direct answers). Abdullatif knows basic grammar, but he sometimes forgets it in application. In particular, he forgets prepositions and sentence structure. I'm going to plan an activity for next week that includes practice of using prepositions.
Austin Wisdom TS#4
10/26 330pm
Needs analysis of Hyunji, a Korean student currently studying at CIES.
Hyunji communicated that she seeks to improve her speaking and listening skills. Her understanding of English grammar is very advanced due to rigorous grammatical study in South Korea. Occasionally her accent hindered communication and I had to ask her to repeat the word or think for a few seconds to understand completely. She is humble about her flaws but does not let the fear of failure when speaking stop her from speaking. She is a confident communicator. She told me that with her previous tutor she frequently watched TED talks and then discussed them to practice both listening and speaking skills. I plan to follow this practice and add in occasional pronunciation practice at the end of our sessions.
Needs analysis of Hyunji, a Korean student currently studying at CIES.
Hyunji communicated that she seeks to improve her speaking and listening skills. Her understanding of English grammar is very advanced due to rigorous grammatical study in South Korea. Occasionally her accent hindered communication and I had to ask her to repeat the word or think for a few seconds to understand completely. She is humble about her flaws but does not let the fear of failure when speaking stop her from speaking. She is a confident communicator. She told me that with her previous tutor she frequently watched TED talks and then discussed them to practice both listening and speaking skills. I plan to follow this practice and add in occasional pronunciation practice at the end of our sessions.
Austin Wisdom TS#3
André Accioly, Momo's Pizza, 10/30/15
During our second tutoring session together we highlighted some of the sounds that André seeks to improve when speaking. I pronounced the syllables slowly using vocabulary words that exhibited these sounds and had him repeat after me. We also allotted time for conversation using a higher level academic theme and then transitioned to more informal conversation. The first half of the conversation focused on the current political situation in Brazil as well as André's opinion on the solutions. During the second half of the conversation I asked André to describe to me his favorite city that he's visited (Paris) and then tell me a story about his favorite vacation (a trip to a private beach in northern Brazil). He did not hesitate as frequently when trying to communicate his thoughts however on a couple of occasions he asked me the English translations of a few words in Portuguese.
During our second tutoring session together we highlighted some of the sounds that André seeks to improve when speaking. I pronounced the syllables slowly using vocabulary words that exhibited these sounds and had him repeat after me. We also allotted time for conversation using a higher level academic theme and then transitioned to more informal conversation. The first half of the conversation focused on the current political situation in Brazil as well as André's opinion on the solutions. During the second half of the conversation I asked André to describe to me his favorite city that he's visited (Paris) and then tell me a story about his favorite vacation (a trip to a private beach in northern Brazil). He did not hesitate as frequently when trying to communicate his thoughts however on a couple of occasions he asked me the English translations of a few words in Portuguese.
Victoria Gilbertson TS #2
Date/Time: 10/28/2015
Location: Student’s Home
Topic/Skill: Reading/ Comprehension
Feedback provided to tutee: He learned a number of new vocabulary words and how to use them in sentences and we worked on his reading skills.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:
I learned that my tutee, P.J., is a wonderful reader and comprehends most of what he reads. He tends to want to get the session over with as soon as possible. He had already done the readings that we covered with another tutor, but he didn’t remember all of it so we pressed on. It seems like he enjoys the science readings. During the session, we learned about the planets, the sun and moon, asteroids and comets. I continually checked his comprehension throughout the reading which seemed to help him understand the reading. We practiced his writing skills on his white board when we discussed the planets. He enjoyed talking about Jupiter’s moons. For his next tutoring session I believe that an intro video will help him get focused and ready for the lesson. He tends to fidget so I think that a video will help.
When P.J. reads aloud, he tends to rush through his sentences and has a monotone voice. This is something that I would like to work with him on to make him a better reader. I think that subject matter will improve this greatly however practice understanding how to read punctuation might also help.
Location: Student’s Home
Topic/Skill: Reading/ Comprehension
Feedback provided to tutee: He learned a number of new vocabulary words and how to use them in sentences and we worked on his reading skills.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:
I learned that my tutee, P.J., is a wonderful reader and comprehends most of what he reads. He tends to want to get the session over with as soon as possible. He had already done the readings that we covered with another tutor, but he didn’t remember all of it so we pressed on. It seems like he enjoys the science readings. During the session, we learned about the planets, the sun and moon, asteroids and comets. I continually checked his comprehension throughout the reading which seemed to help him understand the reading. We practiced his writing skills on his white board when we discussed the planets. He enjoyed talking about Jupiter’s moons. For his next tutoring session I believe that an intro video will help him get focused and ready for the lesson. He tends to fidget so I think that a video will help.
When P.J. reads aloud, he tends to rush through his sentences and has a monotone voice. This is something that I would like to work with him on to make him a better reader. I think that subject matter will improve this greatly however practice understanding how to read punctuation might also help.
Victoria Gilbertson TS #1
Date/Time: 10/22/2015
Location: Hect House
Topic/Skill: Spiders, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension
Feedback provided to tutee: The tutor gave great feedback to P.J. such as pronunciation of the vocabulary words, lots of feedback. The tutor was also able to grasp P.J.’s attention after a fun video.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:
I learned that it helps a lot to continually ask comprehension questions, generally of your own making, while tutoring. This is so that the tutee actually does comprehend what they are reading which makes for a more productive use of both parties time. The tutor was writing down comprehension questions while P.J. was reading while also helping him with the vocabulary words that he did not understand. P.J. is very smart and has the capability to understand long, scientific words. P.J. seemed to be more interested in the topic the longer the session went on. When topics of interest are discovered with the tutee, they should be utilized to make the sessions productive and interesting.
Location: Hect House
Topic/Skill: Spiders, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension
Feedback provided to tutee: The tutor gave great feedback to P.J. such as pronunciation of the vocabulary words, lots of feedback. The tutor was also able to grasp P.J.’s attention after a fun video.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:
I learned that it helps a lot to continually ask comprehension questions, generally of your own making, while tutoring. This is so that the tutee actually does comprehend what they are reading which makes for a more productive use of both parties time. The tutor was writing down comprehension questions while P.J. was reading while also helping him with the vocabulary words that he did not understand. P.J. is very smart and has the capability to understand long, scientific words. P.J. seemed to be more interested in the topic the longer the session went on. When topics of interest are discovered with the tutee, they should be utilized to make the sessions productive and interesting.
Victoria Gilbertson CP #1
Date/Time: 10/29/2015 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Starbucks
Topic discussed: School Systems and what it is like to live in another country.
Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned:
Arzu and I discussed the school system from her home country. I learned that in Turkey, the school system is very different; specifically from the college standpoint. In Turkey they do not apply to colleges, colleges are chosen for the students. The students take an exam and their scores are sent to the government who chooses which school the student will go to. I found this very interesting because the element of choice is completely removed from the students. In America, the students still must take an exam- the SAT or ACT- that plays a role in the application process to a college, but the exams are not the pivotal point of acceptance. The government also has no direct say in the acceptance process unlike the Turkish process. I also learned that although the government decides where a student may go, the students must still send in applications to the individual schools that they want to go to.
The element of choice is such an integral part of the American identity that, as an American student, I believed all colleges were chosen by the student. This, of course, is ethnocentric notion that I was happy to dispel after my conversation with Arzu.
Location: Starbucks
Topic discussed: School Systems and what it is like to live in another country.
Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned:
Arzu and I discussed the school system from her home country. I learned that in Turkey, the school system is very different; specifically from the college standpoint. In Turkey they do not apply to colleges, colleges are chosen for the students. The students take an exam and their scores are sent to the government who chooses which school the student will go to. I found this very interesting because the element of choice is completely removed from the students. In America, the students still must take an exam- the SAT or ACT- that plays a role in the application process to a college, but the exams are not the pivotal point of acceptance. The government also has no direct say in the acceptance process unlike the Turkish process. I also learned that although the government decides where a student may go, the students must still send in applications to the individual schools that they want to go to.
The element of choice is such an integral part of the American identity that, as an American student, I believed all colleges were chosen by the student. This, of course, is ethnocentric notion that I was happy to dispel after my conversation with Arzu.
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