Tutoring Session 05/20/26 (Anna & Piero)

 Date/Time: Wednesday, May 20th, 4:30-6:00pm

Location: FSU Student Union  

Topic/Skill: Conversational Speaking, Productive Language Skills

Feedback provided to the tutee: I casually corrected my tutee’s grammar errors and incorrect word usage by repeating the sentences containing errors back, but in the correct linguistic form. We engaged in casual conversation and I was able to encourage more complex speech from my tutee by asking questions about his personal life, work, etc. This was effective at drawing out errors in my tutee's productive speaking skills as he was less inclined to resort to more "rehearsed" or learned responses. This way, there were more errors that I was able to correct which will likely be errors my tutee would make in a real-life situation. Much of the feedback I provided was calling attention to the necessity to distinguish when the best time is to use different verb tenses such as simple past vs present perfect.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: It is beneficial to engage with your tutee's interests and personal hobbies, as it will lower their affective filter and encourage them to aim for fluency/ message rather than harping too much on grammatical errors, sentence structure, etc., for the first interaction. With that being said, this was a good time for me to assess my tutee's learning level, possible learning style and areas necessary to focus on. This way, I will be able to fully understand my tutee's errors to better be able to dive into the root of my tutee's errors and effectively explain them to my tutee in following lessons.