Ryan TS#3


   I’ve just done a session with my third tutee, Rashed. I assisted him in his listening exam where he was tasked with watching a TEDx Talks video and answer a series of questions related to the presentation shown. Compared to the previous tutoring sessions I did, I feel that this was probably the most accomplished I’ve felt and one where I can say that I was getting hang of tutoring English. I was able to give instructions and drive Rashed into figuring out how to solve these problems without having me give out the full answer and without being really vague and not provide any direction. Looking back, I do feel that there were a couple mistakes I made, but overall, I feel confident that I was able to help Rashed in his assignment, which personally, seemed like an assessment too difficult for someone who is taking a beginner’s class.

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