Alyssa B - TS #2 - Dasom

Tutoring Session 02

Date: July 3, 2017
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Area: CIES student lounge
Tutee: Dasom Kim
Level: 3B

Today we did a speaking exercise, a formal vs informal exercise, and went over verb tenses. The speaking exercise consisted of a scenario that made Dasom think up something on the spot. I feel like that was a little bit out of her comfort zone, so it was good that we did that! (Although next time I should probably try to get her to talk more. ^^; She really didn’t like having to make something up without any preparation.) Then I had an exercise on what to say to your friend and what to say to your strict teacher in the same situation.

              For the verb tenses, Dasom wanted to compare Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, and Simple Past. That actually proved to be a little harder than I expected. I used a time line to explain it and the different contexts/possible meanings:

              “I have learned English” = I still know English

              “I have been learning English” = Still in the process

              “I learned English” = Maybe I still know it, maybe I don’t. It’s not specified.

I’m pretty sure after a few more examples she understood the differences.

Again, I think it was a good tutoring session! I think I need to prepare more materials though, especially for speaking. She works fast!