Alyssa B - TS #8 - Dasom

Tutoring Session 08

Date: July 19, 2017
Time: 5:15pm – 6:30pm
Area: Starbucks
Tutee: Dasom
Level: 3B

Today, we worked on another article that she had in her class. I won’t deny that these articles are difficult to work with! They’re very complex subjects for foreign students, and not ones that are interesting, at that. I suppose this will help in the respect of preparation for university papers…. However, I understand where she’s struggling. The complicated sentences are very confusing, and when I ask her certain questions to try and help her find the answers she needs, I feel like it doesn’t help much and only is discouraging…

              After that, as I said I would do, I created another script-based fill-in-the-blanks exercise, this time using something that was a little more amusing and slower: Friends, the sitcom show. She really enjoyed it! I was able to create another vocab page, with the definitions and sample sentences, just as before. Afterwards, I had her create her own sample sentence for each, just to assure that she knew how to use them and help her remember them (just as before).

              Unfortunately, I feel like I’m not doing a good job in helping her improve…. I feel like the exercises are at the right level, but I’m just not presenting it in a way that is helping her advance. I might ask Dr. Kennell for suggestions.