Manuela TS#18

 Date: June 15

Time: 4:40pm-5:40pm

Location: Black Dog Cafe

For this session Melody and I met at the Black Dog café to work on the first section of part three of the IELTS speaking test. The questions were about her opinion on the education system in Taiwan. This ended up being a very vocabulary-heavy session as we decided to take a step back when I realized that some of the questions had a little too challenging of vocabulary which affected her comprehension of the question. For instance, Melody struggled with understanding “extracurricular”. I took some time to explain it as an activity that is usually done after school and made sure to make the distinction that it something which helps students improve a skill, find an interest or a community. For instance, it is not something like doing homework which is directly related to school. To test her understanding I had her give me examples of extracurricular activities in Taiwan, and she listed soccer, chess and learning different instruments, which were both correct. This session reinforced the importance of providing linguistic support to me, as it can really affect the learner’s comprehension.

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