Tutoring Session #1


          This week, I tutored a local student named, Abdullah Alqahtani. We went to his apartment where he wanted me to look over his essay, talking about his issues with transition words and phrases. I noticed that, for the most part, he had a clear grasp on using them to the point where it didn't look like he needed my advice here. I did look over his paper though, pointing out some errors I noticed concerning grammar, punctuation and spelling. It's a little ironic that I did this a day before attending the lesson that went over evaluating students on their writing skills and essays. In hindsight, I felt that I should’ve criticized the content of his paper and not be too explicit in how to correct his errors. I followed that up by giving Abdullah some advice on an upcoming English evaluation test that would allow him to participate in a class. He told me that he would be tasked with writing a five paragraph essay explaining the information shown in a line graph. I went over the details one can use to describe a line graph and jotted down some notes he could use for studying his upcoming evaluation.

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