Alyssa B - TS #7 - Yao

Tutoring Session 07

Date: July 19, 2017
Time: 3:00pm – 4:45pm
Area: CIES Student Lounge
Tutee: Yao Wang
Level: ACES

I was able to find some more SPEAK practice tests, so I printed them out. We warmed up with the usual, asking how her day went, etc. Then we started with the test. She is very adamant about passing this test, so I want to help her as much as possible. Even though we’re practicing, I feel like I’m not helping her improve…

              Instead of setting a timer, I decided to use a stopwatch to help her gauge her time in how long it takes her to say what she wants. I feel like this has helped her; instead of feeling like she has to do it within a certain amount of time, she’s coming to her own realization and judging her own time.

              Even though the SPEAK test takes about 20 minutes to complete, we spent almost two hours working on this one test. Yao has a bit of a problem with the questions that ask her opinion, so I’m going to find a list of topics like that. Hopefully asking her so many will help it with the automaticity of her answers.