Isabel TS #1

First Tutoring Session with Je-ah L.

Date/Time: July 11, 8:00 AM-9:00AM EST (9:00 PM-10:00 PM KST)
Location: Virtual (Google Meet)

Today I had my first tutoring session with Je-ah. We initially had some technical difficulties with her computer's microphone, so I suggested she used her phone, and that worked. Then, we got to our introductions. 

Je-ah is a 15-year-old Korean student in her second year of middle school. She considers herself a low-level English speaker. We talked about why she is learning English- it is a school requirement- and how she feels about learning English. Her classes are mainly focused on grammar, so it is hard. She wants to improve her speaking skills. 

We spent the rest of our session talking. I asked her about her interests, such as sports, school subjects, reading, and music, and about her hometown, Daegu. We also talked about magic, ghosts, and video games. She was very receptive and answered my questions well. I offered some light error correction as we went, repeating and restructuring her answers. When I asked my questions unclearly or too quietly, I rewrote them in the chat and to make it clearer for her. 

I asked Je-ah if she had any questions for me, and she asked me about where I would like to go to teach English. I told her that I would like to go to Spain because I studied Spanish. She would also like to learn Spanish. I assured her it would be easier to learn Spanish once she knows English because they have a lot of similarities. I also told her that I would like to learn Korean and go to South Korea some day. 

I let her know that if she had any questions or specific topics she wanted to go over with me in our future meetings, she could let me know via her mom. We agreed to meet at the same time next week. 

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