Monday, July 17, 2017

Sophie TS #1- Elia

My first tutoring session was with Eliya, a child refugee here in Tallahassee. Eliya's first language is Swahili, but he's learning English fast! I met up with a few of my classmates who are also tutoring children in Eliya's family, as well as Colleen, who tutored them last semester. Colleen showed us some of the activities she did with the kids, and then we all split up to work individually with our tutees. Eliya and I mostly worked on spelling, especially animals and foods. We took turns picking animals (his favorite is an elephant, mine a narwhal), and then Eliya wrote them down as he spelled them out loud. Eventually we ran out of animals and switched over to foods, spelling them out loud and on paper the same way as with animals. This was my first time tutoring him, so it was more of an introduction/needs assessment than an actual lesson. But now I know specifically what we can work on- basic spelling and letter recognition, pronunciation, and vocabulary. I might add some basic grammar skills in as well, but I would like to have one more session with him first to decide exactly what topics to address.

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