Date/Time: 16 June / 4:00 - 5:00PM
Location: Starbucks
Topic/Skill: Listening and Speaking
Feedback provided to tutee: During a previous
session, I had asked my adult tutee to write down words that were challenging
to say as they came up and we worked on pronouncing trouble words, primarily
"L" and "R" sounds. I could tell that she was slightly
uncomfortable sounding them out, as she would speed up the syllable containing
the problem sound. We have focused on using TOEFL practice sites for awhile so
I figured this time we could do more pronunciation and speaking practice. I
asked her about the upcoming break to keep things lighthearted and
conversational and she told me that she would be out of town to go to Orlando.
Then we went back to practicing some minimal pairs and I hope to be able to
continue on this a bit more next time.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:
I didn't want my tutee to get frustrated with pronunciation, and I need
to remember that as long as I can understand her, it's not important to get too
in depth with it. I also found it helpful to break from the topic temporarily
to get her comfortable with just simply talking freely a bit too.
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