Erfaan Mahmoodi TS #9

I met with Yan for our eighth tutoring session, which was another timed speaking exercise, on July 16th. We covered most of the 10 prompts that Yan had access to through an app geared towards the TOEFL exam. In our first prompt, which asked Yan to describe a time when she learned something new about someone, she responded by talking about when a friend taught her how to ride a bike. From this, I led her through an overview of the prompt and what it was asking her; the focus was on differentiating learning about something from someone vs. learning from someone. In a second time around on that prompt, Yan gave an excellent response. Throughout the tutoring session, she was keeping within the 1-minute time limit, or at the least barely going over time. Her greatest struggle was in describing the topic in her response; what she would do was try and read off the prompt, which I explained could be paraphrased and shortened to give herself more time for responses. I was very impressed with the accomplishments she made this session.

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