Leslie TS #4

Leslie TS #4 CIES Building 5/21/18 3-4 pm

Second meeting with tutee from Saudi Arabia. Began by asking him to write the alphabet on the board. He did so and left out two letters. Asked questions to elicit the missing letters. Reviewed by writing, pronouncing again. Taught vowels and consonants. He could name three of the vowels and did not know the word “vowels.” Spent the rest of the lesson on vowels. He thought of words using vowels, wrote them on the board, and pronounced them. I provided clues to elicit corrections. Review and repetition of words and similar words, patterns. Teaching of other vocabulary in context. He asked questions about words he knew but were more complicated. He put forth a good effort, and seemed to be encouraged by his work. I did notice that he used Arabic pronunciation rules, for example, confusing b and p. I introduced the five key words used to remember the five short sounds of the vowels.

 a - at 

e - Ed

 i – it

o - odd

 u – up 

Student applied this to writing words he knew with vowels with these sounds. I gave him the rationale for this work. He seemed to understand that it was necessary and important for him even if an instructor had not covered it yet or had taught it in a different way. Encouraged him to practice every day some of the letter and word writing and pronouncing that we had done.