Tutee:
Inhyeong
Date/Time:
Friday, January 29th, 12:40-1:40pm
Location:
CIES (Lounge)
Topic/Skill:
Speaking – Fluency, SVO/Sentence Structure
Feedback provided to tutee: Because Inhyeong wants to improve her speaking, I
wanted to begin to focus on her fluency. Rather than fixing every little
mistake, I encouraged Inhyeong to simply speak on topics she knows and is
interested in. She was still shy and caught up in figuring out the
grammar/syntax before speaking, but she did eventually speak about going to the
museum with her class. Inhyeong also came up with a sentence that she wanted me
to check, and this brought up discussion of sentence structure as well as the
general order of subject-verb-object. I did not want to fix the sentence for
her, so I formed my own example sentences to illustrate what made hers
confusing. Using this and my explanation of the syntax, Inhyeong was able to
change her original sentence into a clearer statement.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you
learned: Inhyeong knows that
she is shy about speaking because she doesn’t want to mess up, so I know trying
to correct every little mistake would just be counterproductive. Focusing on
the sentences that are confusingly worded makes more sense, and she is more
than willing to figure out how to fix her sentences.
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