Isabel TS #3

Tutoring Je-ah - Session 2 

Date/Time: July 18, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EST (9:00 PM-10:00 PM KST)
Location: Google Meet 
Topic: Summer Vacation/How to ask for help in understanding English
Skill: Fluency in speaking/reading

Today, Je-ah and I met and discussed her week and summer vacation. We chatted about her plans. I had her prepare written answers to some questions about vacation and read them aloud to me. I responded to her answers and told her mine. Then, I had her read a passage aloud about a "favorite vacation." Her phrasing and smoothness weren't perfect, but she didn't struggle with reading the words in the passage. She also answered comprehension questions after. We reviewed the answers and the main idea of the passage, and we had a short discussion after about her favorite kind of vacation.

I figured out that the passage was too easy for challenging her vocabulary because she told me she understood 100% of the words in the passage. However, it helped me gauge her reading fluency. I also learned that her classes do have her using bottom-up and top-down reading strategies.

After the passage and vacation discussion, I had a mini lesson for her on how to ask me for help when she doesn't understand me. I'm still gauging how much to challenge her when I speak, so I also need to know what exactly she does not understand. Also, knowing myself, I don't always speak as clearly as I could when I talk off the top of my head. I provided some questions for her to ask me such as "Can you rephrase that?" and "Can you start over?" It proved to be useful when I was thinking out loud about scheduling our next session.


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