Manuela TS #3

Date: 5/17

Time: 3:30-4:30

Skill / Topic: Listening and Speaking; Housing

Feedback Provided to Tutee: For my second tutoring session with Sangji we decided to meet in the Starbucks at Strozier Library on campus. Sangji had previously mentioned that he was apartment hunting so I designed an activity that would help him practice conversations surrounding housing and speaking to leasing offices in Tallahassee. First, we did a vocabulary matching activity and asked him to match the picture to a word. He got most of the basics right, like kitchen, sink, living room, etc and as we moved on to the more difficult ones we went over those more, such as lease, amenities, utilities, etc. We then practiced describing his ideal roommate and his ideal apartment. I gave him some sample questions, like "Is your ideal roommate quiet? How often do they clean?" and had him practice answering them in full sentences. Lastly, I gave him some common questions to ask and had him pretend that I was the leasing agent at an apartment complex he is interested in. He also came up with several questions of his own and this helped us have a more flowing conversation. I noticed he had some trouble with present tenses and using articles correctly so I explained when to use both of them and we practiced more example sentences to clarify those two topics.

Lessons learned about tutoring: It is important to actively listen for patterns of mistakes that your student makes during activities and respond accordingly. This can help you design future lessons in a way that is the most useful for them.

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