Tutoring Session 06/25/26 (Anna & Fadia)

 Date/Time: Thursday, June 25th, 4:30-5:45pm

Location: Zoom  

Topic/Skill: Casual Conversation (Productive Skills) and University Search.

Feedback provided to the tutee: I mostly used the recasting feedback technique to subtly call attention to my tutee's grammatical errors, as this form of error correction/feedback allowed the conversation to flow more smoothly, and the errors did not disrupt the meaning of what my tutee was saying. In terms of pronunciation feedback, I was a bit more nitpicky. When it came to mispronounced words, as they tended to disrupt the meaning or flow of the conversation, this was an opportune moment to quickly repeat the mispronounced word, have my tutee repeat it back to me correctly, ask if that makes sense, and move on. I also asked my tutee for feedback on how she is feeling and how effective the tutoring sessions have been, to ensure she is benefiting from them and remaining both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated.

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: During this tutoring lesson, you learned that being up front when tutoring is extremely useful in breaking down the tutee's affective filters, which are a major barrier to language learning, especially. I straightforwardly told my tutee that I want to ensure she is benefiting to the fullest extent from these sessions, and although she did not express any discontent with the sessions, it seemed to make her feel more confident in my desire to truly help her. We were able to search for possible universities she might transfer to, which was a great way to engage in casual conversation, address low-frequency vocabulary, and simply connect more on a conversational level.

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