Melannie TS #4

Tutee
On Monday, I had met up with my tutee after completed my class observation for the day. I had messaged with Kubra about what she had wanted to work on, and she told me that she wanted to work on present perfect tense. Because Kubra had skipped two levels, she did not fully understand the present prefect tense. The night before, I had researched ideas for best teaching present perfect for an intermediate level student. Not only did I found a worksheet that best explains present perfect sentence structure in different ways, but I also found an activity for her to practice in. We started on the activity first before I went on to explain what present perfect tense is. The activity I had picked to do with her was called "Connect 4". In which, on the left side column would be the sample verb and object while the top row was the different time frame. For example, the top left box was "study English" and the first box on the top row, on the far left, was "2 years". Kubra had to write down a sentence using the terms in the boxes while knowing when to use "for" and "since". So, the example sentence she was given before starting was "I have studied English for 2 years." This had helped her understanding not only how to use present perfect tense but also how to use them with different time frames. After the activity ended, I explain to her the difference between simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. I had used the same explanation Dr. Kim had told us in class that present perfect is a connection of the past to the current situation. Of course, I let her keep all of the worksheets for her to study over it. The next session, I will provide a reading material in which she will have to read aloud to me the story while circling/underlining all of the present perfect tenses in the story.  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sara Young TS #11

Date/Time: 07/17/19 Location: CIES Lounge Topic discussed: George Lopez and Other American Sitcoms Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: Andres and I decided to watch part of an episode of the George Lopez sitcom during our tutoring session, in which Andres was asked to pick up vocabulary or idioms he's never heard before, in which the list was extensive due to the fact that the show is in native English and uses everyday phrases heard in America. Andres also lacked some cultural knowledge on idioms and phrases that were explained to him, to which he enjoyed learning about. At the end of the session, he was given a list of vocabulary words and phrases to cover on his own.
Read more

Sara Young TS #16

Date/Time: 07/26/19 Location: CIES Lounge Topic discussed: Final Review Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: Seungjae and I met for our second and final tutoring session, in which I set up a review with example sentences and worksheets to allow him to practice grammar tenses he did not understand. This tutoring session took over an hour, as with many of the questions on the practice he had concerns, to which I helped him clarify with detailed explanations and reasons to grammar. He luckily showed much more understanding at the end of the tutoring session, to which I encouraged him to continue his studies and provided him additional information that would help explain these grammar tenses he struggled with. 
Read more

Sara Young TS #12

Date/Time: 07/17/19 Location: CIES Lounge Topic discussed: Review Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: Marcia came in after I met with Andres and we hosted a review of all of the concerns she previously had during her first two tutoring sessions, both of which were answered and clarified. Marcia was able to successfully show understanding of the material during our review on present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses, as well as prepositions, all of which were her only real concerns. With this, Marcia and I concluded our third and final tutoring session, after which I provided her with additional links in the case she doesn't understand or remember grammar we covered in the future before wishing her the best of luck in her future English studies.
Read more