Leslie TS #2

Leslie TS #2 CIES Building 5/14/18 3-4 pm

This was the first meeting with my second tutee. We met at CIES in an empty classroom. He came to the U.S. two weeks ago, and his native language is Arabic. He said he has a Ph.D. in anthropology and philosophy. He is Level 1 at CIES. His reason for learning English is to further his academic knowledge and interests by being able to read books, articles, etc. that are not translated to Arabic. Our session was used for introduction, rapport-building, and assessment. There was difficulty in communicating. I understood that he wants to focus his studies on reading and writing; he said these are more difficult than listening and speaking. He showed me some of his work in his composition workbook, and we discussed the questions and answers he asked about. I will review the CIES criteria for Level 1. Also, I will use the information in the Snow and Campbell text, particularly the reading chapter and materials, and other teaching methods for elementary level reading skills. He seems motivated, and said he thought tutoring could be helpful.