Kinsey TS #16

 I met with Samuel via Zoom at 9 am on August 11. 

Topic/Skill: Automaticity, self-reflection

Feedback provided to tutee: Samuel and I met for the last time to discuss his time at CIES and our tutoring experience. I asked him about his favorite activities from his CIES classes and from our tutoring sessions. I asked him what general suggestions he had for me, and he told me that I should have more visuals for learning grammar concepts. I then told Samuel my suggestions for the continuation of his English learning. I told him that he should trust his first gut response in conversations. But when he is trying to figure out what grammar tense to use for exams, he should take his time and read through different tenses in his head to see which sounds the best. He also needs to work on his simple past and past continuous conjugation automaticity.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned that it is important to check in throughout a class/tutoring experience in order to ensure there is clear communication between student and teacher. In the future, I would like to have a formal review session in the middle of the semester/course in addition to the end. I learned that Samuel is very excited to go home, but he plans to continue his studies at some time in the future. I offered to read his English research papers and to meet over Zoom to practice for the English exam he needs to take at his home university next year.