Leslie TS #9


Leslie TS #9 CIES Building 6/11/18 4-5 p.m.

I met with Hanqing who was working at his laptop on the pronunciation links I had sent him. He was very tired because he was up late finishing his last presentation in Speaking class. He showed me his PowerPoint and elaborated on it. This presented a good vocabulary lesson. He asked about many of the words he had used in his presentation that he was not sure of. He had many good and specific questions to broaden and deepen his vocabulary. I encouraged his efforts and confirmed that he was the one accountable for building his vocabulary. We talked about how to do this. I had sent him a Guidebook for ESL Teachers of Chinese Students. I told him it is a reference resource that he could read and use as he found helpful in the future. We may use some of the pronunciation lessons in the guide in other tutoring sessions.


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