Kayla TS #9

Date/Time: September 26, 2016/4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: CIES Student Lounge
Topic/Skill: Speaking/Supporting your statements
Feedback provided to tutee:

I explained to Jimin my purpose of doing this activity:  I wanted her to talk more and not be so shy in being wrong.  Sometimes I think she doesn't fully voice what she wants to say, and I would like her to get out the habit of doing that.  She's not totally shy, but I think she has more to say.  I also did this activity because it might help in her writing (specifically persuasive/opinion essay writing) during the outline phase.  Sometimes speaking aloud can help with planning an essay.  She did an awesome job.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:

At the beginning of the session, I let Jimin ask me questions on anything she's having trouble understanding.  This time it was dialogue from the sitcom Friends.  She had found the script in English and highlighted what she didn't understand.  Some of the words/phrases included dumped, to hit on, gig, and the "If I had a nickle for every time..." phrase.  Unfortunately her computer died, so she couldn't ask all her questions.  The next thing we did was a speaking activity.  There were four topics that we either had to be for or against (chosen randomly by using a folded piece of paper and picking one):

1. Instagram should be banned vs. Instagram shouldn't be banned.
2. Are men more complicated, or are women more complicated?
3. Nice girls finish last vs. Nice girls don't finish last.
4. Guys are better with facial hair vs. Guys aren't better with facial hair.

I tried to pick lighthearted topics that we could both talk about since I was participating in this activity too.  We each had 2 to 4 minutes to plan (depending if she needed more time), then we would each get two minutes to speak (the goal was to use the whole 2 minutes).  We would then talk about it a little bit and then move on to the next topic.  She said it was a little difficult because it was hard to come up with reasons, but some of that was due to inexperience.  However, I assured her that she did a great job.  Through this activity she was able to explain what she was trying to say with little correction.  I think we both enjoyed this activity.