Adrianna TS#1

This past Tuesday I met with my tutee, Khalid. We got to know each other a bit by asking each other many questions, including those found in the "Tutoring Guidelines" handout. Khalid told me what his group levels are for the various CIES classes that he is taking. I learned that he is 19 years old and has been studying at CIES for 5 months now. He considers Saudi Arabia his home, and is currently here thanks to an accounting scholarship. Once he is finished with his time at FSU, he will go back to Saudi Arabia where he will work as an accountant. Khalid struggles the most with reading and speaking English, but he considers writing English as manageable. During our tutoring sessions he wants me to focus heavily on English grammar, and he said that worksheets, as well as repetition by writing are most helpful to him. Hopefully, throughout the remainder of our tutoring sessions I will learn more about Saudi Arabian culture and he will do the same with regard to American culture. I look forward to meeting with him again this coming Monday!

Linzy CO # 1

Today I observed Dr. Rios' level 4 reading class. The students had read an academic article and then had a class discussion over it. I learned that it is important to let the students try to find the answer on their own before helping them. I also learned how to keep the discussion going and that one good tool of evaluation is having each student prepare a question for discussion.

TS1
On Monday afternoon of October 28, I was able to meet with tutee Hongfu Wu. We had a conversation in a classroom in the CIES building.  Despite this being our initial meeting, Hongfu spoke rather clearly.  She expressed her desire to improve in speaking fluently and more effortlessly.  Our conversation explored many ideas and exchanges.  Hongfu is from Guangdong Province, China.  Her goal is to apply for a Master's Degree in Accounting.  Although, she is far away from home and misses it, she has a brother who is also enrolled in the university.  Since she would like to focus on speaking that will help her proficiency for business concentration. She is interested in getting together more frequently to have more opportunity for practical practice. And she wants to expand her vocabulary.  This was my recommendation, as well.

TS #1 Kelsey

Kelsey Scholer Tutoring Session #1

Thursday evening, I met with Cassie, my tutee. Prior to this session, we discussed that she would like to focus on speaking and I wanted to learn more about her personal and academic life. We began by introducing ourselves and talking about where we are from. Then, I referred to the Needs Assessment handout to ask questions about her level of English. I could already tell that she is very advanced in her English. She makes some grammatical mistakes, but knows when to correct herself. She told me that she is very interested in vocabulary, but doesn't think it's as useful as other skills such a listening and speaking. She asked me about the culture in the US because she only came here about 2 months ago. Specifically, she asked about celebrations and we talked about how they are different than in her hometown in Taiwan. She found it strange that sometimes, we allow strangers (friends of friends) to come to our parties because she usually only hangs out with people she already knows. I found this first tutoring session to be very informative for both of us. She practiced her conversational speaking as she had hoped, and I learned how I can help her as a tutor in future sessions. I am excited for more tutoring sessions with her.