Leslie TS #1

Leslie TS #1 CIES Building 5/7/18 4:45-5:45 pm

This was the introductory meeting with a tutee. His language is Chinese and he plans to enter FSU electrical engineering program to pursue a Ph.D. His CIES level is 3A. I understood him throughout; only had to ask him to repeat a word once or twice. He had less understanding of me, but was quick to stop and learn. He looked up new vocabulary words in context, and we discussed. He has self-awareness of his communication difficulties and initiated discussion of his goals for tutoring. His goals include: improving his listening comprehension, especially in non-engineering related academic classes; and improving his speaking in all contexts, particularly social situations. We brainstormed specific ways to address these goals. Homework: think of conversation starters to use at the CIES Friday events; approach a Level 4 student to discuss ways to improve his skills; find a partner in his classes who is an excellent note-taker and share notes ASAP after class; connect with someone he already knows in the engineering program as a possible mentor. Tutoring will focus on additional methods to improve his target areas and to fine-tune things he is already doing, such as watching TV and movies in English. https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/learn-english-movies-film-esl/







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