Kinsey TS #15

I met with Samuel via Zoom at 9 am on August 9. 

Topic/Skill: Automaticity, articles with body parts 

Feedback provided to tutee: Samuel and I were both out of town for this meeting, so we started the session talking about our travels and our plans for the rest of the week. I mostly corrected pronunciation and grammar mistakes. Samuel was in Colorado visiting an athletic performance center in Colorado Springs before heading home later in the week. We talked about different body parts that are important for different sports. In talking about body parts, I reminded Samuel that we use possessive adjectives when referring to body parts in English, which is not an issue for Samuel most of the time because he talks about body parts using "the" in his research. For example, "Developing muscles in the leg is important for track and field athletes."

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned that it is important to contextualize a language learner's vocabulary and grammar lessons to their area of interest. One-on-one tutoring is a great opportunity to practice that specialization. Language learning is much more effective when the student cares what they are learning about and wants to be able to communicate their research.