FSU TEFL Certificate Course Summer 2024

Alessandro TS #20  Date/Time: June 22st, Saturday, 4:00PM Location: Zoom/facetime Topic/Skill:  listening, speaking, writing,  Feedback provided to the tutee: This session was my final session with Miguel. We again reviewed some of the things he had learned that same week and instead of worksheets we mostly just talked about the things I suggested he improve on as it was our last session. We also discussed our future as friends and acquaintances as he will still be in the school once I return from Korea so I would still be willing to help him. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: This final session was very bittersweet. I learned a lot from Miguel in such a short amount of time. I sympathized with his early frustrations with learning a new language as I faced the same problem when I immigrated to the United States. Miguel's growth and desire to learn was very inspiring and I respect so much about him. I know in the future we will still speak and I ...

Alessandro TS #19 Date/Time: June 21st, Friday, 7:00PM Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: reading, listening, speaking, writing, composition  Feedback provided to the tutee: This session was with Miguel. It was a very all-encompassing and integrated lesson as we focused on all the things he had been learning. The first part of the session was focused on just correcting some of the errors in the things he learned and the second part was very focused on some worksheets online we did together and correction.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: This session taught me a valuable lesson about tutoring as whole and how addressing the students needs is key to improvement. Miguel wanted to focus on specific things with the lesson so we addressed those and reception was good. 

  Alessandro TS #18 Date/Time: June 13th, Thursday, 7:00PM Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: Reading, Listening Feedback provided to the tutee: This session was with Rosario. This was our last session before the TOEFL exam for Rosario. I mostly reassured him and refocused on the things he struggled with before. Corrected him on prior errors in passages. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Confidence is incredibly important. All of the CIES students and TOEFL are incredibly hardworking students and very capable. I think for students learning English seriously the confidence to mess up and try and try again is so very important. They have the skills and tools they just need to use them. 

  Alessandro TS #17 Date/Time: June 10th, Sunday, 4:00PM Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: Vocabulary, Speaking Feedback provided to the tutee: This session was with Miguel. We mostly just went over his graduation to the level 2 course and how his week went. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: One big thing me and Miguel went over is certain ways he can improve and how he was grasping new content and what specifically he wanted to work on. The lesson I learned from this was how students often need a hard plan to stay on task and improve. Planning is important as well as evaluating their previous work for positive washback.

  Alessandro TS #16 Date/Time: June 10th, Monday, 6:00PM Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: Listening, Speaking  Feedback provided to the tutee: This session was with Rosario. We discussed the upcoming goals for the TOEFL and how he had been doing with the independent practice exercises.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: This session was mostly about recapping some knowledge with Rosario, making sure he was keeping up with exercises, and overall just showing improvement as his TOEFL test was coming up quite soon. A lesson I learned is the need to hammer in certain concepts to students and make sure they are still following through with teachings even when you are not around as the tutor. 

  Alessandro TS #15 Date/Time: June 8th, Saturday, 4:00PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Speaking and listening Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my fifth session with Miguel. After the graduation we had a session the following day where we discussed his time in Tallahassee and the cultural differences of being in America compared to his native country of Cuba. This session was more geared towards cultural understanding and was a very impromptu and casual lesson. Feedback was mostly just corrections of speech and pronunciation, as well as cultural corrections.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: This session was extremely insightful in reaffirming the need for students learning English to have cultural understanding of the US and the cultures in it.

  Alessandro TS #14 Date/Time: June 7th, Friday, 4:00PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Speaking and listening Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my fourth session with Miguel. We had a big gap in between our sessions due to my schedule at the time and how overwhelmed I was with a lot of what I was doing, this session was mostly focused on catching up on missed time so we just worked on conversation and listening skills. I focused on just correcting words he struggled with and things of that nature. This session was an interesting section in particular because it was the graduation of a lot of CIES students and was Miguel's graduation to level 2 in the CIES course. We mostly just talked and he asked for certain corrections. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: This was my favorite session with Miguel and really helped in establishing a deep connection with my tutee. It really taught me that connecting with your student and tutee in a personal life is ...

  Alessandro TS #13 Date/Time: June 2nd, Sunday, 4:00PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Reading  Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my tenth session with Rosario. At this point our sessions had a set routine of going over previous excersies he did at some point in the week and then maybe going over a new passage and answering some questions.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: A lesson I learned within this session was the cultivation of routine and how essential it is for positive washback and for students to maintain knowledge. 

  Alessandro TS #12 Date/Time: June 1st, Saturday, 4:00PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Reading Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my ninth session with Rosario. This time we worked on a passage together and this time it was fully timed to better his handling of time limits on the actual test.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: This session taught me more about student's struggles with passing the TESL. A big struggle of the TESL is finding the balance between answering the questions and reading passages while handling the time aspect of it.

  Alessandro TS #11 Date/Time: May 30th, Thursday, 8:00PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Listening and Speaking Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my eighth session with Rosario and probably one of my favorites. I had observed his previous classes for my classroom observations and wrote down some comments to discuss it.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: The key lesson about tutoring I learned here is the encouragement of students. Rosario did not speak a lot in class discussions for speaking or listening. I encouraged him to participate more in class to improve his speaking skills and improve conversation and listening skills by participating. He has a lot to say but would not speak often in class. 

  Alessandro TS #10 Date/Time: May 29th, Wednesday, 6:00PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Reading Feedback provided to the tutee: Seventh session with Rosario. This was more focused on passage reviews and the questions in them. This was a shorter session where we just went over the passages he did independently at home and reviewed them. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: This just reaffirmed that ESL students need to be constantly practicing at home and take time to review their answers as to whether they could be wrong or right. 

  Alessandro TS #9 Date/Time: May 28th, Tuesday, 8:00PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Listening Feedback provided to the tutee: Sixth session with Rosario. We focused on listening but less an academic sense and more in a personal sense. It was mainly conversation about our backgrounds and who we were as people as well as speaking about his classes and how he does in them.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Through this session,  I reaffirmed a lesson learned in Professor Kim's class: conversation is essential in bettering and understanding language. I could tell that speaking with me Rosario was getting better at understanding different speech rates and styles of speaking. It helped greatly in adjusting and getting used to differences of that nature. 

  Alessandro TS #8 Date/Time: May 27th, Monday, 6:00PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Reading Feedback provided to the tutee: Fifth session with Rosario. This session just involved solo practices he was doing on smaller passages. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I encouraged Rosario to do smaller exercises throughout the week, almost daily to improve overall comprehension and see how he would do. It worked in some ways. I realized that repetition is key to establishing important behaviors.

  Alessandro TS #7 Date/Time: May 26th Sunday, 3:00PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Reading Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my fourth session with Rosario. We went over multiple passages and just reviewed the questions and mishaps.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Rosario had improved in a lot of ways through our sessions but one thing I learned is how well he picked up vocabulary and answered vocabulary questions. He was very knowledgeable about those. 

   Alessandro TS #6 Date/Time: May 19th Sunday, 4:00PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Listening  Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my third session with Rosario. We shifted gears and focused on some practice exercises for listening on the TEFL examination courses. He went over some listening and answered some questions and I corrected him on the incorrect answers.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: One thing I learned throughout this session focused on listening is how important speaking rate is to them understanding certain conversations and lessons as well as vocabulary.

  Alessandro TS #5 Date/Time: May 18th Saturday  Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Reading Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my second session with Rosario. We established what he was focused on learning for the TEFL course and began with reading passages and answering questions Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: One thing I learned from this tutoring session is how the TEFL course is very tricky in terms of questions. It doesn't necessarily grade for the student knowing things, its a test and they test you on test taking.

Alessandro TS#4 Date/Time: May 17th Friday Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Introduction, Reading, Listening  Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my first Session with Rosario. The session was mostly focused on learning what he wanted to improve on and his goals with the tutoring.  Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Some lessons I learned from Rosario from the first session were the goal focus that a lot of students have when it comes to learning English. Many of the students strive toward a goal and want to improve to achieve that goal. I learned this with discussions with other students in CIES as well

  Alessandro TS #3 Date/Time: May 8th Wednesday  Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Speaking and listening  Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my third session with Miguel. We went over certain vocabulary as well as pronunciation and such.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: A lesson I very much learned from this third session was codeswitching a little bit. If you are well versed in the student's first language, it is incredibly helpful to them and to you to occasionally switch and explain concepts or ideas to them. This betters overall language skills and will help students understand better.

  Alessandro TS #2 Date/Time: May 7th Tuesday 8 PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: All, reading, listening, speaking   Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my second section with Miguel. It was focused more on speaking and listening as we used a lot of conversation to better and improve certain aspects, a lot of correction on speech was involved. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Again the initial frustrations that come with a learning a language at times. Miguel is very expressive on how frustrated he gets at some of the language issues. 

Alessandro TS #1 Date/Time: May 6th Monday, 6:00 PM Location: In Person Topic/Skill: Introduction and understanding  Feedback provided to the tutee: This was my first Session with Miguel. The session was mostly focused on learning a little about him and seeing the style he wanted to learn at.  Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned and still continue to learn so much from Miguel. He is very intelligent, incredibly skilled and knowledgeable. One main thing I learned from him is the struggle that a lot of CIES students face at first. An initial frustration and not seeming to understand the subject or not being able to improve and feeling frustrated that they cannot communicate how they feel in English. 

Date/Time: June 20th Thursday Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: Grammar, must/have to. Feedback provided to the tutee: Continued to work through must/have to/ mustn't etc as I feel last session Faisal didn't quite grasp it all. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned that you must ask the students constantly if they understand what you are telling them. After recapping our previous session I felt that Faisal didn't quite grasp some concepts that I had just assumed that he had because he did not ask any questions about them. When working with a beginner student it is on you, the teacher, to make sure that they understand everything you are telling them. After our final lesson, I sent Faisal an email with all the material we worked on and he sent me back a message thanking me for teaching him. Overall, this TEFL course was an amazing experience and one I will truly, never forget. Thank you to everyone. See you in Japan!!!

  Date/Time: June 18th Tuesday Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: Grammar, modal verbs must/have to. Feedback provided to the tutee: Slowly went through a video about the modal verbs must/have to and how to use them in the proper context. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned that when working with a beginner student it is very important that they understand all the words surrounding the grammar point that you are trying to teach. Without the students understanding the full context of an example sentence they can't possibly understand the grammar point you're trying to teach them. With Faisal, I realized this quickly and slowly made sure he understood every example sentence used in the videos regarding must and have to.

Date/Time: June 19th Wednesday Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: reading comprehension  Feedback provided to the tutee: Read our final article this time about something very topical, Juneteenth. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: For the first time ever Dojun was late for our lesson! This was very surprising as he is a shockingly punctual person. He will literally press the join meeting button the second the clock hits 10AM. I thought it was a bit funny that he was late for our final lesson and we laughed about it together. He however was very apologetic constantly saying sorry for being late. I thought he was very sincere and together we have built a wonderful understanding of one another that I will miss. I quite enjoy working with one student for an extended period, it really allows you to optimize and best understand how to treat that person's needs to the best of your abilities.

Date/Time: June 17th Monday Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: reading comprehension  Feedback provided to the tutee: Read an article about D-day. Lesson(s)  about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Continued my streak of topical articles this time reading one about the Allied power's invasion of Normandy to free the French from Nazi occupation. I am getting better at learning which articles suit Dojun best for his English level. My goal is to pick articles that have challenging words or ones that can be a bit difficult to comprehend for non-native speakers. Difficult to comprehend due to cultural differences as well as the advanced level of English that is being used.

Date/Time: June 11th Tuesday Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: Listening comprehension Feedback provided to the tutee: Faisal and I went over more A1 listening comprehension videos that I found on YouTube. There were question-and-answer segments as well so he really had to test his basic listening skills. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I think it is important to provide the beginner tutee with confidence-building material. As beginner material is inherently more boring than advanced ones, I feel that keeping the beginner student motivated is a major part of being an English teacher. Beginners can learn far more quickly than the advanced student so as long as their motivation to learn is kept high they can reach that intermediate level relatively quickly. I learned this from really sitting down and thinking about the differences between teaching Dojun and Faisal, how they react to different teaching methods, and for Dojun specifically how he reacts to different article...

  Date/Time: June 12th Wednesday Location: Zoom Topic/Skill: reading comprehension and listening comprehension Feedback provided to the tutee: Provided correction when asked on both speaking and reading comprehension. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: For my tutoring sessions this week I was in Chicago at a conference with my mother. I had to do them both from my hotel room but this didn't really have any impact on my lessons. Because I was in Chicago, I used a topical article about the WNBA and race relations between some of their new rookie players. I've decided that topical articles when they relate to you or your tutee are best as they generate more interest and conversation which in turn leads to more English language learning.

  Date/Time: June 17th Monday Location: Strozier Topic/Skill: Speaking Feedback provided to the tutee: My tutee learned how to explain his culture in speaking. He also learned some American culture. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Learning about culture increased my tutee's intrinsic motivation.

  TA #1 Date/Time: June 18, 2024 Tuesday with Faisal 4-5 pm Location: Library Topic/Skill: conversation/building vocabulary with music. Feedback provided from the tutor: we talked about his goals and his religion. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I will try to keep encouraging Faisal to speak more and continue using English outside of school.    

  Gislene TS#20 Date/Time: June 18, 2024 Tuesday with Faisal 3:20-4 pm Location: Library Topic/Skill: conversation/building vocabulary with music. Feedback provided from the tutor: ESL listened to the music “We are the World” s ong by U.S.A. for Africa, and he learned new words. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Faisal wants to learn English so he can go to college. He doesn’t speak English outside of CIES, which makes his development a little slower, but he is motivated.

  Date/Time:  3pm Monday, June 17 th Location:  Strozier Topic/Skill:   Integrated Speaking TOEFL Feedback provided to the tutee:  Wei and I both went through a series of practice integrated speaking questions. We took turns answering questions and then discussed what we liked and thought we could improve on. After discussing this, Wei would reattempt her speaking answer before a final discussion.  Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  This was really great practice for us both. I became more familiar with TOEFL integrated speaking and I felt that Wei and I had some enlightening conversation regarding the answering process and test taking strategies.  Lesson Duration: 2 hours 

    Gislene TS#19 Date/Time: June 18, 2024 Tuesday Speaking class group 4 Location: CIES Topic/Skill: choose a topic for group discussion and come up with 10 questions. Feedback provided from the tutor: I helped 2 group 4 students with grammar and pronunciation during class. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I realized that group 4 students can struggle with pronunciation so I was glad to help.

  Gislene TS#18 Date/Time: June 18, 2024 Tuesday with Faisal and Miguel Location: CIES Composition’s class Topic/Skill: writing about traveling with a group or traveling with friends. Feedback provided from the tutor: I helped with correction with Miguel’s and sentence creation/ideas with Faisal. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  I struggle to correct writing because of the grammar and even on my own writing I sometimes don’t know if it is 100% correct.

  Gislene TS#17 Date/Time: June 17, 2024 Monday with Miguel 7-8 pm Location: home Topic/Skill: Helped with homework – writing sentences using simple present. Feedback provided from the tutor: I corrected Miguel’s beautiful mistakes and gave feedback. We also talked a lot about his background and his family so he got to practice speaking, and I helped him with pronunciation and vocabulary. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Miguel still makes mistakes with simple present as he gets confused with when to use verb to be, do, does, etc.

  Gislene TS#16 Date/Time: June 17, 2024 Monday with Miguel 6-7 pm Location: home Topic/Skill: Helped with homework – writing sentences using simple present. Feedback provided from the tutor: I corrected Miguel’s beautiful mistakes and gave feedback. We also talked a lot so he got to practice speaking, and I helped with pronunciation and vocabulary. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  Miguels likes to talk, and I think that helps him. He also uses a lot of English outside of school, however his pronunciation needs a lot of work.

  Gislene TS#15 Date/Time: June 17, 2024 Monday with Miguel 5-6 pm Location: home Topic/Skill: Helped with homework – writing sentences using simple present. Feedback provided from the tutor: I corrected Miguel’s beautiful mistakes and gave feedback. Focused on areas where he is struggling, for example, he tends to write with as “whit”, misspellings, and pronunciation. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  Esl student needs help with pronunciation, and to know when to use I am, I don’t , etc.

  Gislene TS#14 Date/Time: June 17, 2024 Monday with Faisal during compo class 9-9:50 am Location: CIES Topic/Skill: writing feedback correction about topic sentence  Feedback provided from the tutor: Helped Faisal write sentences as he is the one struggling the most in the class. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  Esl student needs to build vocabulary. I think it would be very beneficial for him having more tutors. 

  Gislene TS#13 Date/Time: June 16, 2024 Sunday with Felipe 10-11 am Location: home Topic/Skill: Possessive adjectives, pronouns Feedback provided from the tutor: Tutee continues learning possessive adjectives and working on pronunciation. I am using “English Made Easy volume 1.” Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  Esl student is learning basic survival skills and to try communicate in English at work.

  Date/Time: Sunday,   May 19 th Location:  My house Topic/Skill:   Speaking, Conversation and vocabulary Feedback provided to the tutee:  Miguel was invited to my house for dinner again! We cooked a Cuban dish together and used what conversation skills and vocabulary he had to coordinate our efforts. I helped him learn new food related vocabulary. Additionally, he spoke to my roommates and I about cuban culture and we gave him the vocab ammo to tell the story.  Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  I learned a lot more about Cuban culture and I also got to polish up my Spanish skills! In my opinion, it was helpful for us both :). Meeting duration: 2 hours 

Date/Time:  Thursday, June 13 th Location:  Strozier Topic/Skill:   Lesson planning Feedback provided to the tutee:  Gislene and I met and discussed our experiences with tutoring. We brainstormed a number of lesson plan ideas for one of her students. Additionally, we discussed what our duties are as teachers to students in similar situations as learners.  Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  This was a valuable meeting for me because I only tutor students in group 4 and Gislene helped me gain a better understanding of tutoring individuals in other learning groups. It was affirming to run some of my group 1 lesson plans by her. 

Date/Time:  Thursday, June 13 th Location:  Strozier Topic/Skill:   Independent Speaking Feedback provided to the tutee:  Wei and I both went through a series of practice independent speaking questions. We both answered them and spoke about what we liked and could improve upon personally. At the end Wei and I created a "formula" for the easiest and fastest way to answer these questions.  I will send her audio recordings of me reading new questions to her and she will respond with answers before our next meeting. I will grade her answers and we will discuss the good and less-good aspects of her answer.  Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  This was valuable for me because it helped me understand the TOEFL more. Additionally, doing the questions with Wei seemed to help her confidence. I would answer them first to model the process (not that I'm perfect, lol). 

  Gislene TS#12 Date/Time: June 13, 2024 Thursday with Vito 4-5 pm Vito tutored me. Location: library Topic/Skill: Conversation and vocabulary building ideas for Faisal Feedback provided from the tutor: Tutor helped me come up with ideas to help Faisal. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  Tutor told me how consistency helps with his tutees so I will work on that.      

  Gislene TS#11 Date/Time: June 13, 2024 Thursday with Faisal 3-4 pm Location: library Topic/Skill: Conversation and vocabulary building Feedback provided from the tutor: I corrected tutee’s essay and helped with vocabulary. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  Tutee said he needs help with writing and vocabulary. Will create lessons focused on that.

  Gislene TS#10 Date/Time: June 12, 2024 Monday with Miguel 6-7 pm Location: home Topic/Skill: Conversation Feedback provided from the tutor: Corrected ESL’s pronunciation. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  Tutee said he needs help with Listening and Reading.  

   Gislene TS#9 Date/Time: June 012, 2024 Monday with Miguel 5-6 pm Location: home Topic/Skill: Homework correction/verb to be/objectives Feedback provided from the tutor: Corrected ESL’s students homework present continuous or simple present/simple past. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  Tutee learned from his mistakes and he is now able to use the verb to be successfully.

   Gislene TS#8 Date/Time: June 09, 2024 Monday with Felipe 8-9 pm Location: home Topic/Skill: conversation/ greetings/ personal pronouns Feedback provided from the tutor: ESL student learned greetings and how to use pronouns. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  Tutee learned pronouns and how to make introductions.

   Date/Time:  Monday, June 10 th Location:  Strozier Topic/Skill:   Writing/Summary Feedback provided to the tutee:  Wei and I spoke about some reoccurring errors made within three of her writing assignments. These included notes on construction and use of proper articles. We discussed strategies for future summaries and the ways in which summaries can help a student's overall literacy.  Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  This was valuable for me because I could test which of my ideas best resonated with Wei. Additionally, with her TOEFL test coming soon, we also were able to come up with a plan for TOEFL prep. I will continue to tutor her through June even after I move to the CZ.

  Date/Time: June 5th Wednesday Location: Strozier Topic/Skill: Speaking Feedback provided to the tutee: I prepared different scenes from "Modern Times." The movie is without any auditory support, so my tutee had to make up own sentences to summarize the scenes. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: My tutee understood most of my speech because I provided visual supports.

  Date/Time: June 3rd Monday Location: Strozier Topic/Skill: Speaking Feedback provided to the tutee: We practiced describing the characters from movies. He chose his favorite movie and introduced the main characters in the movie. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: His intrinsic motivation increased since he was talking about his favorite film.

  Date/Time: May 29th Wednesday Location: Strozier Topic/Skill: Speaking Feedback provided to the tutee: I prepared several phrases that he can use for causal conversation, and he had to make sentences using visual aids. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: Students learn faster when I incorporate visual supports.

Date/Time: May 27th Monday Location: Strozier Topic/Skill: Writing, speaking Feedback provided to the tutee: We practiced free conversation since my tutee wanted to practice his speaking skills. I provided a template for speech and asked him several questions as an interview. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: he wanted to improve English faster, so I realized students should be more patient about learning a language.

Date/Time: May 24th Friday Location: Strozier Topic/Skill: Writing, speaking, listening Feedback provided to the tutee: We reviewed the present perfect from Wednesday. In order to practice his listening skills, we did dictation practice. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: My tutee should habituate himself to listening to casual conversation.

  Date/Time: May 22th Wednesday Location: Strozier Topic/Skill: Writing, speaking Feedback provided to the tutee: My tutee practiced making sentences using the present perfect. He was struggling with the concept of the present perfect. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: My tutee should understand the grammar points using more examples and visual aids.

  Date/Time: May 20th Monday Location: Strozier Topic/Skill: Writing Feedback provided to the tutee: We practiced making sentences using the past tense. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: My tutee practiced his writing and speaking skills

Date/Time: June 9th Sunday Location: CIES Topic/Skill: Writing Feedback provided to the tutee: My tutee learned zoo vocabulary and the habitats of different animals in Korean. She then finished her animal profile. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: My tutee can practice more her writing skills.

  Date/Time: June 8th Saturday Location: Aqua Club Topic/Skill: Writing Feedback provided to the tutee: My tutee wrote introduction profiles for animals. She practiced writing skills and learned a grammar point. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: My tutee can practice more her writing skills.

  Date/Time: June 2nd Sunday Location: Aqua Club Topic/Skill: Writing Feedback provided to the tutee: We watched Disney scenes for schema building, and my tutee practiced her reading and writing skills. She learned a grammar point. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: My tutee can practice more her writing skills.

  Date/Time: June 1st Saturday Location: CIES Topic/Skill: Writing Feedback provided to the tutee: My tutee wrote a journal with her drawing about her birthday party. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: My tutee can practice more her writing skills.

  Date/Time:  Monday, June 10 th Location:  Virtually Topic/Skill:   Writing/Editing  Feedback provided to the tutee:  I provided feedback to Gislene on her corrections of a tutee's writing. We worked together to edit, correct mistakes, and suggest solutions for a paragraph. Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  This was validating for me to realize that it is difficult for others to correct writing and prescribe solutions and strategies. 

  Date/Time:  June 7 th  Friday Location:  Strozier  Topic/Skill:   Writing/Summary Feedback provided to the tutee:  We worked together on coming up with a summary format she could apply to a longer article for a homework assignment.  Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:  I learned that visually showing the process of creating a summary is a strong tool. 

Date/Time:   5/20, 10-10:50, Dr. Flemming  Topic/Skill:  Grammar, Group 2/3 Teacher Presentation:   Dr. Flemming went over the previous material and asked some questions about it while going over some questions with simple grammar mistakes that required looking.  Classroom Management:  Dr. Flemming encouraged student participation by calling on them and picking on them to answer.  Materials:   Canvas Student Participation:  Students participated by answering questions as well as speaking in class and discussing. Feedback Provided:  Professor Ciappetta provided guidance with understanding the reading material and then provided direction to understanding incorrect answers. Lesson(s) on the teaching you learned: I learned a good amount from Dr. Fleming's lesson. I loved his slower approach and attempt to make sure everyone understood the content and what was being explained. I also loved his attempt to relate culturally with students t...